"Nicorvo is a bracingly original writer and a joy to read." --Dennis Lehane

"It seems possible that Nicorvo has ingested all the darkness of this life and now breathes fire." --Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

"Nicorvo's muscular and energetic prose will stun readers with its poignancy, while providing a punch to the solar plexus." --Booklist (Starred Review)

"A dash of Coetzee, a dram of Delillo, but mostly just the complicated compassion of Jay Nicorvo. The Standard...