»Chris Kraus masterfully tells a story of moral chasms in politics, love and society in the last century.«

»The most hotly anticipated book of the German literary calendar is an epic tale of betrayal and self-delusion spanning seventy years. [...] Despite the weightiness of its topic, Kraus’s lightness of touch, combined with the compelling story he has to tell, make this a novel that is hard to put down.«

»A furious opus magnum. Full of the joy of storytelling and strong images, drunk on emotion, as sensual as it is unscrupulous. An insanely good book.«

»If you want to understand what Europe is today, and how Germany became what it is today, how it managed to overcome the terrible trauma of National Socialism, then you have to read Cold Blood.«

»We haven't read anything this ambitious since The Kindly Ones.«

»This barbarity which was continued in the shadows by the worst survivors, was awaiting its epic poem. Kraus has written it.«

»A breath-taking novel, at times simultaneously sad and funny, sometimes almost unbearable, covering 70 years of history.«

»Of course it makes you think of The Kindly Ones, but a lighter, more easily accessible version, less intellectual, very captivating and a times veering into the intimate.«

»With Cold Blood Chris Kraus climbs a mountain to the very top. A thousand things happen in this excellently translated novel.«

»A historical fresco, spy novel, political and philosophical fable: in this literary labyrinth you get lost with gusto.«

»A great novel. Brilliant!«

»The furors of the twentieth century present themselves to us in this great novel, which is as worthwhile reading as historical essays.«

»Love, family, blood, and tears: this extraordinary tome is a brilliant page-turner!«

»Don't be afraid of spending 900 pages in the company of a monster, you won't regret it.«

»I devoured Cold Blood, 887 pages of unprecedented terror.«

»A monumental symphony by a writer-filmmaker living in Berlin, Cold Blood loses many of its soldiers en route, but the scale of the project demands admiration.«

»This is a magnum opus.«

»It’s an impressive ride – the 900 pages, give or take, flow by with impetuous rhythm – a common thread through more than sixty years of the past century, from the rise of National Socialism into the Cold War.«

»Cold Blood is suspenseful, well written and vaguely reminds one of the novel The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell.«