"Display[s] a pyrotechnic ability to skewer not just journalists, but also the entire art world, from artists and critics to gallery owners and patrons. . . . Wonderful." -
The Washington Times "A piercing look into the art world. . . . Kehlmann's critique of celebrity, of fame and of the ugliness of self-promotion holds strong." -
San Francisco Chronicle "Zollner [is], in spite of everything, an endearing character who is both comic and sympathetic. . . . Can be absorbed and thoroughly enjoyed in one sitting." -
Rocky Mountain News "Funny and surprisingly thoughtful. . . . Zollner touches on art and aging, truth and illusion-and the stories we tell ourselves so we can keep going when the going's hard." -
St. Petersburg Times "[Zollner] is . . . amusingly distasteful, utterly unreliable, [and] recognizable to readers of Nabokov and his present-day disciples like Amis and Banville. . . . Philosophically and psychologically provocative." -
Bookforum "Sebastian Zollner and Manuel Kaminski are quite a pair. . . . Laugh-out-loud funny." -
Las Vegas Review-Journal "A singular book, barbed and compassionate, uproarious and touching." -
The Anniston Star "Witty, shrewd and smartly translated." -
The Guardian (London)
"A bitingly funny meditation on memory, aging and death." -
The Free Lance-Star
"[
Me and Kaminski] will leave you breathless, caught between laughter and tears, pondering the Great Questions such as 'What is Art?'" -
The Putnam County Courier "Kehlmann has a sure eye for the pretensions of artists and critics. . . . [A] sparkling and consistently amusing comedy, by turns broad and sophisticated." -
The Telegraph (London)
"Fun, fast, and thoroughly enjoyable." -
New Statesman "[A] novel with brain and a heart-[Kehlmann's] real masterpiece." -
Granta "By turns rollicking, witty and touching. . . . A real treat." -
The Howard County Times "A gleeful massacre of media presumptions and art-world pretensions." -
The Independent (London)
"Zollner's probing of Kaminski's life culminates in whimsical and often laugh-out-loud circumstances. . . . A satire of all sorts of people in creative professions." -
Sacramento Book Review
