Critical Praise

"With clarity and an amazing capacity for simplicity of language and down-home metaphor, Dexter weaves a tale that exposes the extremes of goodness and nastiness that exist in newspaper life."

——The Washington Post

"Hip, hard-boiled and filled with memorable eccentrics."

——Time

"A wise and fascinating tale well told."

——Entertainment Weekly

"First-rate Pete Dexter. That is as good as things get, and not quite like what anything else gets."

——Los Angeles Times