" White Man Falling is that rare and wondrous thing - a perfectly realized serious comic novel. That it is also a first novel makes it all the more extraordinary." - Sarah Dunant "It is the precision and originality of Mike Stocks's prose that makes this tragicomedy of Indian manners hard to put down and a joy to pick up." - Mark Amory, The Spectator "A warm-hearted comedy . Stocks's poetic background . manifests itself in beautiful turns of phrase . and in the interweaving of Indian English throughout the text. There is a vogue in contemporary fiction for leaping between characters and timeframes like a flea seeking a tasty host.

White Man Falling is a reminder that a single location and perspective, and linear chronology, can be deeply satisfying." - The Times "The writing is witty and engaging . an entertaining read, with all the ingredients of a comedy of errors - confusion, deluded matchmaking, mystical absurdity. There are underlying metaphors, but the book is essentially a satire of the search for meaning in the meaningless." - The New Statesman "A witty and occasionally lyrical novel." - The Melbourne Age "A rare gem of a comic first novel . Mike Stocks's White Man Falling , set in fast-changing contemporary India, delivers an acute, affectionately observed satire on modern family life, police corruption and the power of religion." - The Independent.