"Honestly strange and strangely honest… Remarkably compelling and powerful. Weaver's authenticity of characters, situations, and by-gone eras emanates from sheer originality of style. This amazing novel is a stellar achievement--gritty, funny, fresh, and bold. It will make your eyes bug out and your pulse race.  And how it shines, shines with humanity!”

--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife

“A brave neuroscientist rushes in where angels fear to tread. A challenging yet accessible, charming and thoroughly enjoyable book – it provokes thoughts in a way that reminds one of the reasons for books to exist.”

—Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

“A rugged and tender tale. Bawdy humor, snappy dialogue, colorful sea myths and rich lobstering details add to the immense appeal of this textured narrative about a lobsterman’s inward and outward struggles.”

--Publishers Weekly

"An exuberant memoir... A rich study of the immigrant adventure."

--Publishers Weekly

“In this marvelously original novel, Zlotsky has done for conjoined twins what Gunter Grass did for midgets in The Tin Drum…A weirdly hilarious Russian fairytale composed with the comedic zeal of Gogol and the rhetorical brilliance of Nabokov.”
—Lee Siegel, author of Love in a Dead Language

"A lost man finds his calling, and an oceanographer with dimming eyesight illuminates the dark sea. An
inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, courage, and love."

--Deborah Cramer, author of Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage and Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World.

"In this darkly inventive work of fiction, Graziano deposits his protagonist among the despairing crowds of an institutional hell. [This] grim allegory interrogates human existence with its visceral, sensuous description."

--Publishers Weekly

"An impressive fiction debut...Malloy mixes history and fantasy with flair and delivers a wonderfully satisfying puzzler."

--Publishers Weekly

"Outrageously imaginative, totally
original, and charmingly simple... A delightful tale children will love."

--Tina L. Scott, The
Dabbling Mum

"Mystery, suspense, and conflict..build a plot of nonstop adventure. ... Character development is superb. Filled with clever illustrations, delightful humor....Entertaining, downright funny, and highly imaginative. A great read."

--Midwest Book Review