[Written] with engaging humour and acuity... These stories irreverently explore the yearning for the sacred

Arresting and funny

Intensely absorbing...Like Raymond Chandler, small deeds ripple through these lives without necessarily changing them, but Alexie's rich tales will certainly affect, if not change, yours

Alexie's painfully funny and astute stories chase the dilemmas of the Spokane diaspora, stripped of any myth or presumption of what Indian might be

A potent collection that takes a swipe at modern life and gives it a universal human face

Rachel Seiffer's short stories excel at depicting the awkwardness and confusions of life...and all are created with the same confidence and skill she showed in her Booker nominated novel The Dark Room

Skillfully constructed... It's rare to meet such an unwriterly writer. Especially one who does it so well

Captivating... Because Seiffert writes without judgment or sympathy, her flawed characters are all the more compelling

Whether they are Polish emigrés or hoary World War I veteran's, Seiffert's cast walks the knife's edge of history... It takes an agile mind and dexterous prose to invoke such weighty chunks of history in short fiction