"Ford brings the early Hemingway to mind. Not many writers can survive the comparison. Ford can.
Wildlife has a look of permanence about it."
–Newsweek "A stylistic grace that goes to the heart of its subject . . . shrewdly focused . . . powerful and haunting." –The Boston Globe
"This intense work confirms Richard Ford as one of the most formidable writers of his generation." –The Baltimore Sun
"Shot through with nuance and minute observation . . . It may even assume the weight of myth." –The New York Times Book Review
"Richard Ford is one of the best writers and Wildlife is his best novel. . . . This is, in all likelihood, the finest novel of coming of age since The Catcher in the Rye." –The Star-Ledger