![]() ![]() * New York Times * Despite the novel being over 50 years old it feels as relevant as ever, sitting alongside the likes of The Good Immigrant, Slay in Your Lane and Becoming. * Kansas City Star * Kelley blended fantasy and fact to construct an alternative world whose sweep and complexity drew comparisons to James Joyce and William Faulkner. ![]() * Public Books * This first novel just perhaps could play a part in changing our history. Kelley wrote intricate novels that identified with the rejection of dominant social orders. * Kirkus * An exceptionally powerful and elegant first novel. * Chicago Sunday Tribune * Superbly written. It shows accomplishment it shows fulfillment. It is a custom to say of first novels that they 'show promise.' But we need not say that of this one. * Boston Sunday Herald * A rare first novel: dynamic, imaginative, and accomplished. Kelley for tentative future placement among the paragons of American letters. * Baltimore Evening Sun * So brilliant is this initial novel that one must consider Mr. It will strike a responsive chord in all men of goodwill. * Irish Times * Beautifully written and thought-provoking. The comparisons of his debut to the books of James Baldwin and Faulkner are justified. ![]()
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