Maria Tumarkin, now a Melbourne historian, is never a bore. ... for the most part her account is fascinating, even exhilarating, and there is barely a dead word in the book.

Robert Dessaix, The Age

... even the English language becomes in Tumarkin?s hands a defiantly idiosyncratic tool. Thanks to this highly individual voice, Otherland is another smart and provocative read.

Judith Armstrong, ABR