"[A] hymn to the gods of mischief, who are also the gods of artistic and cultural renewal." –Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"A major work of scholarship that is also a major work of art." –
Sacvan Bercovitch, Harvard University "Brilliant . . . By the time [Hyde] is done he has folded language culture, and the very habit of being human into his ken." –
The New Yorker "Hyde is one of our true superstars of nonfiction." –
David Foster Wallace "[
Trickster Makes This World] should be ready by anyone interested in the grand and squalid matter of all things human." –
Margaret Atwood, Los Angeles Times