Praise for In Southern Waters:

“a sparkling first novel about a group of loveable and dissolute people living in a house in Brighton.”

The Bookseller

“What might well become a cult, certainly for people living in Brighton...this is rollicking, riveting stuff which will have you laughing throughout.”

The Brighton Evening Argus

“This is one of those novels that completely takes you by surprise. The kind that novel lovers yearn for and then gobble up in one sitting, only to be slightly disappointed when it’s finished.”

The Visitor, Lancaster

“Effortlessly moving from the serious to the blackly comic, Marchant is one of the few authors who can genuinely make the reader laugh out loud.”

The Birmingham Post

“In Southern Waters is one of those curios that deserves to become a cult.”

 The Times

 “The funniest thing since Withnail and I.”

 The Big Issue

“Apart from being a very funny book, what stood out was his ability to create a large cast of eccentrics, make them believable and most important, keep them in focus throughout.”

Publishing News

“This is a very enjoyable novel: at the start you laugh, towards the end you might find yourself with a lump in your throat.”