"Utterly extraordinary . . . A piercing sense of the beautiful arising from narrative and emotional fantasy is everywhere alive in the novel . . . Not for some time have I read a work as funny, thoughtful, passionate or large-souled." — New York Times Book Review
"A book of wonders." — Vanity Fair
"This novel stretches the boundaries of contemporary literature. It is a gifted writer's love affair with the language." — Newsday
"A prodigious, imaginative vibration of a novel." — D.T. Max, New York Times