" A chilling and unputdownable book...Imagine a sleek, twenty-first century version of In Cold Blood." ―Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World
"The mesmerizing true crime tale of an apparently ordinary man whose life mutates in the space of a few blood-splattering hours from the realm of Renoir to that of Stephen King." –
People "Mesmerizing...a fascinating meditation on Jean-Claude Romand and what his bizarre life might mean." –
The New York Times Book Review "As a writer, Carrère is straight berserk; as a storyteller he is so freakishly talented, so unassuming in grace and power that you only realize the hold he's got on you when you attempt to pull away....You say: True crime and Literature? I don't believe it. I say: Believe it." –
Junot Díaz, author of Drown
