Critical Praise

"With material steeped in the dark side of American history and a rare gift for the vernacular, [Parks is] the sort of provocateur one might get by crossing William Faulkner with Richard Pryor. . . . Parks's dialogue rings ribald and jazzy."

——Vogue

"Of course Suzan-Lori Parks can write a mean patch of dialogue . . . but the real treat here is watching Parks experiment with setting. . . . [She is] a master of pitch and mood."

——Entertainment Weekly

"A cheerful tack across deep Faulknerian waters."

——The New York Times Book Review

"The kind of story that sneaks up on you and makes you care about the characters and what happens to them."

——USA Today