Critical Praise

"Riveting. . . . Mature and disturbing."

——Los Angeles Times

"Powerful. . . .Elegantly constructed. . . . Schlink is possessed with a coolly direct manner of interrogating the confused motives of the human heart."

——The New York Times Book Review

"[An] outstanding collection."

——The Wall Street Journal

"Intimate, smart, powerful. . . . As memorable as The Reader. . . . Dazzling."

——The Washington Post Book World