Critical Praise

"The best of these stories . . . possess a rare, disorienting force. When you look up from them, the quality of light seems a little different. It’s a reminder to those of us who have almost forgotten what literature can sometimes do."

——Boston Book Review

"Remarkable . . . Each story is a marvel of complexity, dense with meaning and nuance. . . . Very few first works are as solid, moving, and pitch-perfect as Chaon’s."

——The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"[AN] OFTEN PERCEPTIVE, LUCID VOICE."

——The New York Times Book Review

"Powerful . . . A writer to savor . . . Dan Chaon shows a marked affinity in both setting and sensibility with fellow Midwesterners Wright Morris and Willa Cather."

——Chicago Tribune