"Unforgettable . . . prose as clear as the morning air." --The Boston Globe

"What strikes me first about Craig Lesley's book is the astonishing compassion he extends to the characters that people this moving novel . . . An impressive debut." --Raymond Carver

"Profoundly lyrical . . . Lesley has a rare gift for evoking a timeless quality in a setting littered with modern icons . . . The honky-tonk glitter of the rodeo gives way to the mystical, sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Danny Kachiah remains a figure of complexity, struggling toward salvation . . . an everyman who could stand in for any one of us." --The Los Angeles Times

"A beautiful picture of family love and loyalty in a society from which we've had few such pictures." --Reynolds Price