"A charmingly discombobulated take on life and language. . . . Hemon makes ordinary occurrences read like psychic disturbances." --The Village Voice

"A virtuoso linguist, stylist and social observer . . . Hemon delivers a searing, mordantly funny novel. . . . The angst-ridden, horny, adolescent Balkan he depicts is deeply human, totally irresistible and often hilarious, and by turns culturally specific and universal." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Hemon's fractured story will haunt you long after you want it to, as you slowly realize that just because the last sentence ended with a period, all that was said before continues." -Chicago Sun-Times