"[A Gambler's Anatomy] . . . is nearly perfect."
--The New York Daily News

"A thoughtful, first-rate novel, that also happens to be a page-turner."
--The New York Times Book Review

"An effortless blend of comic hijinks and madcap tragedy. . . . Lethem serves up a punchy, stylish, relentlessly entertaining novel." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

"A Gambler's Anatomy will lead more than one reader to rummage around in the back of their closet (or local toy store) for a backgammon set . . . mesmerizing, twisty, fearless."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Mr. Lethem's backgammon writing has a satisfying crunch. It's witty and sexy, too. I'm not sure I've ever before read a love scene that begins with a woman crying out, 'Double me, gammon me'. . . . But this novel quickly bends, like one of Uri Geller's spoons into stranger territory. . . . It's a tragicomedy; it plays at its best like a "Twilight Zone" episode filmed by the Coen brothers. . . . Mr. Lethem has a touching sense of the lives of obsessive misfits. They're his tribe."
--The New York Times

"In his new novel, he seems to be channeling (and, as usual, transforming) both Thomas Pynchon and Ian Fleming. . . . In short, just another day in Lethemland." --Chicago Tribune