"Displays a wicked sense of fun." –Sarah Weinman, The Washington Post
"A short, tight, grimly funny dark crime-comedy about losers, hustlers, alcoholics, murder, lowlifes, and a sexy broad with a heart of ice. I loved it." –
Sam Coale, Providence Journal "A hard-boiled, modern shoot-'em-up in which nobody's hands are clean but everyone gets great lines." –
Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today "Reads like a Coen brothers movie waiting to happen, a cross between
Blood Simple and
No Country for Old Men." –
Andrew Ervin, The Miami Herald "The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson's." –
Jonathan Franzen "We can hear Twain in [Johnson's] bitter irony, Whitman in his erotic excess . . . An amazingly talented writer." –
Vince Passaro, Newsday "Good morning and please listen to me: Denis Johnson is a true American artist." –
Jim Lewis, The New York Times Book Review
