May Our Joy Endure

A hypnotic narrative about greed and inequality, hypocrisy, and, not least, a 'dangerous notion of purity'... An astute critique of entrenched power - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A novel about the housing crisis told from the perspective of those causing it... Lambert's writing is lyrical and rapturous - Heather O’Neill, author of 'When We Lost Our Heads'

Virtuosic... One of our most subtle and perceptive novelists... Elegant and vicious... At a time when many fiction writers feel pressure to write socially useful literature, Lambert's refusal to deal in solutions feels like an invigorating slap in the face - André Forget, The Walrus

Merciless... Between the cracks of its shifting perspective, the book's darkness seeps through and creates a narrative landslide... A reader's delight - Le Monde

A cruel and brilliant fresco... a Proustian novel set in the age of reality TV - L'Obs

Brilliantly explores and satirizes the world of the ultra-rich, the galloping gentrification of neighborhoods, and the incestuous and parasitic links between political and economic circles - Fugues

Equal parts Proust, Woolf, and Gossip Girl, the novel's intimate perspective roves between Céline and her employees, confidantes, and antagonists like a canny eavesdropper at a party, showcasing Lambert's gimlet eye for the delusions and designer preferences of the 1 percent - Michelle Cyca, The Walrus

Lambert's finely crafted literary edifice is intellectually brilliant, forcing us to think about the privilege of some and the suffering of others - Le Devoir