Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming -- Justin Webb ― Mail on Sunday Beautifully written and disarmingly candid . . . leavened with telling asides, poignant vignettes, painterly character sketches and an occasional corker of a joke -- Tony Allen-Mills ― The Sunday Times As a work of political literature A Promised Land is impressive. Obama is a gifted writer -- Gary Younge ― Guardian Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come . . . the prose gorgeous in places, the detail granular and vivid -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ― The New York Times What is unexpected in A Promised Land is not its literary elegance but the former president's candour -- David Olusoga ― Observer Deeply enjoyable . . . Obama is such a fluent and warm writer and so good at describing events and people ― Daily Express Beautifully written . . . it's probably