"What takes this tale beyond the perils of triangulation is Laird's savvy portrayal of the cultural elite, and his insights into the deft deceptions of love."
--O, The Oprah Magazine

"By the time you realize just what a dangerous writer Nick Laird is, it's too late to break away. . . . Laird's [novels] glide along with the language of a writer who can make every line work elegantly."
--The Washington Post

"Laird convenes a cast of enjoyable catty art-world types. . . . The cultural insights are persuasive,"
--The New Yorker

"Nick Laird (gifted author of the highly praised Utterly Monkey) presents each character in the round, fully, convincingly, and with a compassion liberally spiked with cool humor and an exhilarating originality of expression."
--The Boston Globe