Blackly hilarious...full of brilliantly acid one-liners...a gripping, outrageous and stylishly written hoot

Chuck turns his gimlet and razor sharp pen on celebrity, with a darkly sparkling tale inspired by the classic All About Eve

Palahniuk remains a cutting stylist who knows how to toss a well-aimed barb

With his love of contemporary fairy tales that are gritty and dirty rather than pretty, Palahniuk is the likeliest inheritor of Vonnegut's place in American writing

Chuck Palahniuk is one of modern American fiction's most interesting stylists, and he's at it again... A masterful feat

[Phillips is] a master ventriloquist, giving immediacy and voice to an impressive range of vivid characters about whom the reader cares deeply... Wonderfully individual

Caryl Phillips' exploration of the relations betweeen black and white is nuanced, humane and sypathetic. And his deep awareness of the historical process is combined with an exceptionally intelligent prose style - clear, unencumbered and compassionate

A work of the highest literary quality...only a master craftsman could bring a novel so smoothly and devastatingly full circle

Rare...exquisite...a cameo-like perfection

Speaks volumes about heroism and the human condition... A taut, page-turning narrative

Ingenious