Critical Praise

"A serious and skillfully crafted novel about folly, faith, and a radically new relationship between a people and its god. "

———R.Z. Sheppard, Time

"A spiritual mystery of the best kind… the creation of an ambitious imagination…a literary miracle. "

———USA Today

"Engaging…magical…There is wit and meat in every detail….Crace’s portrait of Jesus is audacious and disconcerting. "

———Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times

"Immensely impressive…This novel is a high-wire act, a tour de force, a garment expertly tailored from materials of the highest quality. "

———Bruce Bawer, The Washington Post Book World

"A brilliantly unusual, entertaining and profound book. "

———Carey Harrison, San Francisco Chronicle

" Crace is a writer of hallucinatory skill. "

———John Updike, The New Yorker