"Through Browning's deceptively simple prose and Régnier's smoky, backwards-glancing reveries, they repaint the world. I found myself asking---is this real? Is this true? Only to give up eventually to the gravity of their creation, which is both true and not. Either way, they're two writers you're very happy to spend time with. It's like being seated between the best dinner guests at a party of strangers. If you pick up this book, you're the lucky one. Like all good books, it leaves you with more questions than answers, but I guarantee these will be questions, like the title, you never asked before." - David Duchovny, actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter