"Exceptionally clever. . . . A book of compelling ideas, of intellectual conflict, of human frailty and desire. And it's funny."–
Dallas Morning News "Jonathan Lethem has succeeded in delivering a wonderland on the side of the looking glass," –San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Lethem is opening blue sky for American fiction. . . . He is rapidly evolving into his own previously uncataloged species." –Village Voice Literary Supplement
"Wickedly funny." –Columbus DIspatch
"An oddball tour de force." –Entertainment Weekly