"Tremendous.... [McGuane] evokes characters so vivid and universally pained that they'll keep you up at night." –
The Philadelphia Inquirer "Astonishing.... [McGuane] knows something about writing, real writing–which is to say, words as access to the soul.... McGuane has driven so hard into the heart of a received wisdom concerning American manhood ... that he has broken through to the other side." –
The New York Times Book Review "McGuane is a master.... To see the world through the eyes of his characters ... is to feel unsettled, precarious, and yet certain ... of one thing: change.... [He] turns each story into a kind of pressure cooker." –
Los Angeles Times