“The novel is filled with scents and tastes, drive and speed, dreams and lies, as Bauer’s novels should be, along with the blackest of humours. A real Bauer.”
Aftenposten

“He is tough when it’s needed, and Bauer knows the milieu he depicts to the core. A brilliant novel.”
Haugesunds Avis

“Bauer attacks both the comfortable middle class and the attitudes lost. There is plenty of uncompromising stabs in his prose, at times the rebellious energy blows the reader away … So now we’re just waiting for the sequel in the story about Tommy, which grandly and vitally adds to a particularly Norwegian tradition for depictions of evolution.”
Berlingske Tidende, Denmark (5/6 stars)

“Bauer’s linguistic power station benefits the cause as much as anything, and raises expectations to the following volumes … A Scandinavian existential evolutionary novel where the laws of gravity are repealed. You don’t see that every day.
Weekendavisen, Denmark

“Blackfoot is the second volume of the exceptional story of Tom … Amusement and craziness dance across the pages. You read it alternately smiling sheepishly and laughing out loud … Bring on the last two volumes!”
Ekstra Bladet, Denmark (5/6 stars)

“The Norwegian beat author Ola Bauer does not lose momentum in his second volume about his alter ego … The author has a storage room as big as a hangar, filled with original sentences and uncompromising statements saturated with senses, and he can dribble on the paper with the elegance of Zlatan … Bauer writes of undecided in-between worlds from a chaotic childhood and youth, and his conflicts are converted into literary art. He mixes documentary events and fiction in a breathless tempo, and it all fits into a virtuous unity.”
Jyllands-Posten, Denmark (5/6 stars)

“Norwegian Ola Bauer is one of the most masculine authors i have ever read. And one of the few who is both an undisputed man, short and direct, straight to the point, and still he can write so it echoes lyrically … Bauer writes in a simple yet ruthlessly wild prose. A personal blend of Hemingway and Sandemose with a touch of Bukowski and Jack Kerouac, and on top of all that, imagination gets to merrily frolic.”
Nordjyske, Denmark (5/6 stars)

“Ola Bauer’s style is pure joy of reading, and his humour as black as the night”
Fyens Stiftstidende, Denmark (4/6 stars)