'Epic... Crazily rich with thought... Remarkably detailed... Gass beautifully coaxes the unheard music from a seemingly muted life.. The unprecedented work of a master.' - Publishers Weekly (boxed review)

'Engaging, melancholy... Gass remains a master of apt metaphors, graceful sentences, and a flinty, unforgiving brand of humor; it may be the most entertaining novel you'll read that half wishes humanity was wiped off the maps... Gass, now eighty-eight, clearly has endinfs on his mind, which he addresses with fearsome brio and wit.' - Kirkus Reviews