"Really a remarkable piece of writing. . . . Brilliantly wrought." –Ken Adachi,
Toronto Star "A spectacular breakthrough into a new prose form." –Peter Newman
, Globe and Mail "Anybody who cares about good writing . . . should get this book and luxuriate in it." –
Minneapolis Tribune "One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time." –Geoff Dyer,
The Observer "A beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written." –
The Sunday Times "
Coming Through Slaughter . . . is so stuffed full of the dolour and lust that both buoys and blemishes a life–it reads like a story dying to be told." –
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