"Extraordinary; haunting." -
The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant. . . . . A truly arresting work of fiction. . . . Is it really possible, the reader will wonder, for a young American to have written such a book?" -
The New York Times Book Review "Elegantly written, hypnotic."-
The Washington Post Book Review "Studded with precise, exquisite descriptions. . . . Wray is capable of writing with almost painful tenderness....
The Right Hand of Sleep make[s] another time seem astonishingly alive." -
Chicago Tribune "[Wray] writes with an assurance that makes his [hero] both complex and compelling." -
Los Angeles Times Book Review "One of the most gratifying events of the literary year . . . [
The Right Hand of Sleep] satisfies on the deepest level of which fiction is capable." -
Memphis Commercial Appeal
"A taut, searing portrait." -
Literary Review [UK]
"Stark and evocativeÉ A finely drawn portrait of a man who finds peace with himself at a time when the rest of the world is falling apart." -
Time Out