Brian Castro je autor, ktorého diela sa ponárajú do zložitých tém identity a kultúry. Castro skúma križovatky rôznych dedičstiev, často s využitím autobiografických prvkov na osvetlenie svojich úvah. Jeho próza sa vyznačuje bohatým, vrstveným jazykom a hlbokým ponorom do ľudskej skúsenosti. Castrova literárna krajina je definovaná jeho globálnou perspektívou a majstrovským spracovaním zložitých vzťahov.
The Bath Fugues is Castro at his best, in a wonderful performance wrought from intrigue, romance, deception and comedy. The book is composed of three interwoven novellas, the first centred on an ageing art forger; the second on a Portuguese poet, opium addict and collector; the third told by a well- connected doctor.
Fiction Espionage, Soviet. Paperback published in 1997. Tokyo, 1933. Tall, broodingly handsome, Victor Stepper is a consummate ladies' man, a brilliant journalist... and spy. As the world descends into war, Stepper collects information and sends it on to Moscow. Then he falls in love with Reiko, a Japanese woman. And Victor Stepper begins to fall apart...Stepper is a dazzling and haunting novel of espionage and erotic love. (from the book jacket)