“Reading Fire Horses is like riding pillion on a motorbike driven by a poet”
– Jonathan Trigell, author, “Boy A”
“As a debut novel it shines, both in the quality of the writing and the insights into mankind and modern history”
– Mike French, “The View from Here”
“Passionate, powerful, poetic – a fine debut from an original talent”
– John King, author, “The Football Factory”
“Piggott’s debut novel is a plausible evocation of seamy ‘80s life viewed through the prism of complicated male friendship. Piggott’s eye for social detail is acute, and his love for his characters shines through.”
– John O’Connell, “Time Out”
“Every serious or even semi serious reader deludes themselves with the notion that they “have a book in them”. We read the mundane, run of the mill fiction that populates many of the best seller lists convinced that we could do at least as well ourselves. Then, out of the blue, a book comes along that destroys this fantasy. A book that is so well conceived and crafted that it brings us back to earth with a resounding thud. Our delusions evaporate as they are exposed to true literary ability and talent. Fortunately our perception is not so befuddled that we can fail to recognise excellence when we are in its presence. Fire Horses is such a book and Mark Liam Piggott it seems is such an author.” -Glasgow Book Group
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