A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE SUMMER:?Bustle and Elle

"Loot held me spellbound from the first page. This is an expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel about war, displacement, emigration, and an elusive mechanical tiger.” ?Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet

"Spectacular . . . There’s an unceasing exuberance to the prose, and James’s descriptions are endlessly witty . . .? Rarely is a novel so dense with painful themes also such fun. At once swashbuckling and searing, this is a marvelous achievement." ?Publishers Weekly [starred review]

"Lively and symbolically rich . . . ?A smart, sharp tale, as well crafted as the object at its center . . . [James’s] prose is fleet and rich in ironic humor . . . Loot, as the title hints, is an engaging reminder that today’s museum pieces are often functions of forgotten exploitation and theft." ?Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

"I read Loot in a single sitting; it is a wild, dazzling eighteenth-century romp across continents with profound things to say about invention and self-reinvention, class and fate, and the deeply human hunger to?create family as both bulwark against loneliness and constant source of light and warmth.” ?Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies

"Loot is a feast?a hugely fun novel with a delicious plot that offers delights and profundities in equal measure. Each chapter of this sprint across the world serves stunning truths about circumstance and ambition, love and sacrifice, and the fickleness of victory. I devoured this book, and remain in awe of what Tania?James has created." ?Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning

"A novel of wonder and terror and beauty ? I was completely captivated by it.” ?Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire

"Loot is the most transporting and absorbing novel I've read in ages?a rich tapestry of an epic, thrilling at every turn. This isn't just brilliant writing: It's storytelling of the highest order." ?Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers

“A luminous novel of history that explores the far reaches of empire and of human desire, of love, greed, betrayal, and possible redemption. In this genuine page-turner, Tania James does the seemingly impossible: not only does she breathe life into charismatic characters, she repeats the feat with automatons, for crying out loud. Tipu’s Tiger might be a stolen artifact in a British museum, but you can hear its roar in these pages. Loot is a historical story that bristles with contemporary urgency.” ?Rabih Alameddine, author of An Unnecessary Woman