“This is a born storyteller, who knows how to play well with the ease and difficulties of his narrative, just as the heroes of his book play roulette. Holding firmly the string of the tale in his hand, he lets it loose or pulls it, and not just where you expect it.” D. MARONITIS, newspaper To Vima

“The Dance of the Roses resembles a Hollywood adventure, one of the best of its kind, structured with well-measured doses of humor and sex, with careful details and unexpected discoveries. Ultimately, this is a book that is read breathlessly from start to finish.” D. DASKALOPOULOS, newspaper Ta Nea

“Antonis Souroounis knows very well the logic of the modern Greek, delving entirely into it with literature and managing to stir both the stagnant waters—with language—and the brain cells—with his amazing skill in realistic storytelling.” CHR. PAPAGEORGIOU, newspaper Avgi

“Above all, however, this novel by Souroounis is an excellent psychogram of the people of roulette. The reader's interest remains undiminished until the last page, partly due to the humor that permeates the entire narrative and often provokes hearty laughter (rare in contemporary Greek prose).” K. TSAOUSIS, newspaper Ethnos of Sunday

“Without the book losing the intensity and charm of the era of delinquency, it is now richer with a deep and tender gaze into human conditions such as the deterioration of the body and mind, aging and death, faith in principles (not in moralism and such) and in people.” N. DOKAS, newspaper Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia