"Remarkable. . .the book is a pleasure to read, full of suspense and action. . .[A] strange and powerful adventure in Paul Auster's art."
- The New York Times Book Review "Exhilarating. . .A brilliant investigation of the storyteller's art, guided by a writer-detective who's never satisfied with just the facts."
- The Philadelphia Inquirer "A wondrous whodunit for metaphysicians, an intricate detective story and many-layered romance."
- Russell Banks Praise for Paul Auster:
"One of the great American prose stylists of our time."
–New York Times
"Auster really does possess the wand of the enchanter."
–New York Review of Books
"One of the great writers of our time."
–San Francisco Chronicle
"Contemporary American writing at its best."
–New York Times Book Review, on Invisible
"A literary original who is perfecting a hybrid genre of his own."
–Wall Street Journal