"It is a tribute to the fascinating material to be found throughout this volume that one often wishes the book were longer...As should be clear, his volume is a gold-mine of information and a treasury of affectionate readings and creative misreadings of Laurence Sterne, often made in difficult political or personal circumstances, as well as a work of enormous value to a range of readers -- not only Sterneans or those interested in the reception of British authors in Europe but also, for example, those concerned with translation per se." Ian Campbell Ross, The Shandean, Autumn 2005