"A sly, deep, perverse study of black middle-class alientation...Subtle and beautifully tuned. McKnight has fused poetic structure with the suspense thriller." --The New York Times Book Review

"Extraordinary...With fluid, frank authority, McKnight addresses the sticky ironies of racial and national identity." --The Seattle Times

"The book itself seems blessed....McKnight's novel pays homage to the African literary tradition at the same time it takes on a hallucinatory life of its own." --Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio

"McKnight forces us to think about race, sex, denial, but even more significantly, he forces us to feel." --Los Angeles Times

"An extraordinary novel, technically daring and thematically subtle and complicated. Bertrand's loneliness transcends race and time." --Ha Jin, author of Waiting