"A hell of a story.... Werth puzzles out the tormented, self-absorbed Arvin with...intelligent empathy."-
Newsweek "Perceptive.... Refreshing and instructive.... Barry Werth has told this gifted but unhappy man's story with sympathy but utterly without sentimentality or special pleading. His research...is thorough and surprising."-
The Washington Post Book World
"Mesmerizingly well-written."-Andrew Holleran,
Out "Exceptional. . . . I cannot recall a book of non-fiction in the [past] decade . . . that has demonstrated such mastery of the craft." -Samuel G. Freedman,
Chicago Tribune
"Fascinating. . . . A riveting character study. . . . Vividly captures the troubled times and too quickly forgotten life of the quietly courageous Arvin. . . . Werth has written one of the most emotionally engaging and socially relevant books I've read in quite a while." -David Bahr,
The Advocate
"Werth's meticulous account . . . lend[s] the past new life. . . . An important reminder that the world has quite recently been a very different place." -
San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle
