Critical Praise

“I took so much pleasure in every sentence of THE CLASP, fell so completely under the spell of its narrative tone --- equal parts bite and tenderness, a dash of rue --- and became so caught up in the charmingly dented protagonists and their off-kilter caper that the book’s emotional power, building steadily and quietly, caught me off guard, and left me with a lump in my throat.” 

—Michael Chabon, author of TELEGRAPH AVENUE

“Sloane Crosley’s debut novel is hilarious, insightful and full of characters and situations that only Sloane Crosley could devise. The laugh-out-loud observations and dialogue that make her essays such a delight to read shine through in her fiction, too. THE CLASP is a gem.”

—J. Courtney Sullivan, author of THE ENGAGEMENTS

“THE CLASP reads like The Goonies written by Lorrie Moore. A touching but never sentimental portrait of a trio of quasi-adults turning into adult adults, this is one of those rare deeply literary books that also features --- a plot! From the shores of Florida to the coast of Normandy, wonderful, unforgettable things happen in this enormously hilarious novel. And they are written in a language so beautiful, I gnashed my teeth at Sloane Crosley’s talent.”

—Gary Shteyngart, author of SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY

“I opened THE CLASP and immediately realized that I’d been waiting far too long for Sloane Crosley to write a novel. Crosley is a literary addiction. There is no substitute. She is curious. She is smart. She is hilarious and edgy and generous and impossible to stop reading. Moreover, she misses nothing. Her attention to the seemingly smallest details --- material, social, psychological --- reveals, as the pages turn, an intricately tooled world that is as familiar as it is dazzling and new.” 

—Heidi Julavits, author of THE FOLDED CLOCK