" Beautiful, intellectually thrilling . . . unlike anything else Telegraph Promise and separation. Grace and guilt. The chosen and the damned. Roberto Calasso s captivating retelling of key stories from the bible evokes the dramatic world of the Old Testament and casts one of the founding texts of Western civilization in an astonishing - and disquieting - new light. The Book of All Books is the culmination of a lifetime s work and the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch. Engaging . . . enlightening Financial Times Surprising . . . vivid Spectator"