Pitch-black and incisive ... few authors can match Boyle's ability to nail humanity's talent for scuppering itself.

FINANCIAL TIMES

The prolific Boyle continues to have fun and make literary mischief with his latest story collection ... There's no reason why these 13 stories should seem so funny, as most of them confront individual mortality and some sort of cultural collapse. They run the gamut from the subversively real to the surreal in such a way that they blur the distinction between the implausible and the inevitable ... A playful virtuoso with a deadly seriousness of purpose

Kirkus, Starred Review

Forty-plus years into his stellar career, the prolific Boyle retains his signature charm and wit while mining the human condition for its many intrinsic foibles ... Boyle's genius lies in his ability to describe characters through the eyes of other characters, adding nuance and depth. There's a rich musicality in Boyle's prose ... Once again, Boyle's virtuosity shines

BOOKLIST

"Boyle skewers American culture, masculine identity, and the modern age in his splendid latest collection ... Boyle's stories are raw, unflinching, and highly entertaining ... Readers will be enthralled

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Praise for T. C. Boyle: Some of the best, funniest, bleakest, most unsettling short stories I've ever read

THE TIMES

Always enjoyable, virtually incapable of dullness or slack sentences … His stories reveal truths about modern life while still feeling beautifully invented

NEW YORK TIMES