Madden has a lyric, a magical tone . . . and he is at his best with dialogue. The words in this novel are very nearly musical. . . . Eastern Kentucky is perhaps not all beautiful, but it is beautifully felt in this novel. Joyce Carol Oates, The Southern Review
Cassandra Singing successfully combines crude animal vigor with intellectual force. Maintaining a sure, steady hold on its subject, it takes us into a strange world and brings that world to life. Peter Wolfe, New York Times Book Review
Set in the exotic coal country of eastern Kentucky s mountains, Cassandra Singing centers on...