«El teatro de la luz is an intense, original novel, with a clear desire to make its stylistic mark, away from the well-worn paths trodden by contemporary Spanish writing …» Leer

«Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Vico’s novel hooks the reader.» Albert Lladó, La Vanguardia

«Juan Vico’s characters tend to be underdogs (albeit free ones), depicted in unsettling, sordid settings. Above all, he portrays them in their search to break with convention, in keeping with his unconventional writing style: working with surgical precision to sculpt the manifold facets of human personality and establishing himself firmly within an authentic, non-conformist classical approach that bears witness to his mature aesthetics, guaranteeing the endless, always bountiful connections between an urban setting, cinema and literature, sure to delight all kinds of readers.» Agustín Calvo Galán, Revista de Letras