From the author of the famous “White Hotel” - a return, in a certain sense, to the themes of the novel that brought him such fame in the early 80s. In the intervals between life-saving morphine injections, to the accompaniment of air defense sirens, the terminally ill Sigmund Freud, the creator of one of the most enduring and influential myths of the 20th century, recalls his life. But this is by no means just a biographical novel: numerous reservations and omissions play in the story of the father of psychoanalysis no less important a role than the actual events described - if not in full accordance with the teachings of Freud himself (for a modern novel, openly postmodernist or dressed in classical clothes , unconditional adherence to any teaching is unthinkable), then acting as a commentary on it, a serious or ironic commentary, but always respectful.

Armed with fragments of Freud’s biography, excerpts from his correspondence, etc., Thomas built something qualitatively new, powerful, erotic - and definitely Thomasian... The crooked bricks of the "id", "ego" and "super-ego" never form a harmonious whole, but - as Freud himself discovered - something amazing can be built from them, entertaining, influential, even if it is fiction. The Times

Eating Pavlova shocks the reader, but at the same time amazes with its grace. This novel may make you shudder, but it will certainly stick in your memory. Times Literary Supplement

Unlike many other British writers, Thomas really makes the reader think. But his novel - full of tricks, omissions, hidden and obvious allusions, deliberate distortions - is read in one breath. Independent on Sunday