“Knowing and playful, fresh and funny, The Jacques Lacan Foundation is both an affectionate satire and a wily celebration of bibliophilia, intellectual glamour, and the institutionalised life of the mind.” Rob Doyle
"A fun exterior but a clever punch from the inside ... an unforgettable experience." The Bobsphere
“Laugh-out-loud funny ... a wonderfully absurd plot ... a wild ride, wearing its intelligence lightly while still performing a detailed critique of a world where politics, capitalism and image-making are almost indistinguishable." Prospect Magazine
“A Summer Reading Recommendation.” South London Gallery Bookshop "Sick! In a good way." Stephanie LaCava
"One of the wildest most original books I have ever read." Laura Kaye
“The Jacques Lacan Foundationis highly recommended. Imagine a working-class Fleabag astray in Malcolm Bradbury’s Mensonge. But in hipsterland Texas!" Andrew Gallix
"The Jacques Lacan Foundation is linguistically Nabakovian, it's got Babitz-esque charm, it's experimental, it's satirical, it's fucking hilarious... Destined to become a cult classic." Book Talk
"Raucous as fuck and fucking hilarious." WORMS
"Susan Finlay's talents as storyteller, freewheeling theorist and popular culture expert blossom in the novel ... A vindication of humour and style over theoretical solemnity, an assertion of a dynamic and necessary engagement with ideas from abroad, and a priceless guide in how to conduct oneself with poise and panache." Tribune
"This joyful satire is so much fun, Just gulped it down." Clare Pollard
"A favourite book of 2022." Anti-Capitalist Resistance
The incredible sustained moire effect carried off with such aplomb in Susan Finlay's The Jacques Lacan Foundation - really enjoyable." Tony White “The Jacques Lacan Foundation is perfectly mordant ... I love how this gorgeous, raucous novel delights in ruffling anyone’s – including its own desire to be ‘an authentic something’.” Daisy Lafarge
"A 2022 Book of the Year" The White Review
"The Jacques Lacan Foundation pulls off trick after impressive trick, not least in its ability to be both a virtuosic exercise in irony and a searching examination of the twin institutions—psychoanalysis and academic—at its core. I loved it." Helen Charman
"Brilliant. Bad puns abound in this hilarious yet affectionate pastiche of transatlantic Lacanians." Isabel Miller
"Witty explorations of class, identity, and authorship, as well as the institutions that construct and foster them, make the book an enjoyable companion." Provence
