The new year explodes with a fantastic debut novel...enthralling.

—Ron Charles, The Washington Post

A literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark.

—Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin

Stunning…the best novel I’ve read in a long time.

—Karen Maeda Allman, Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)

Noteworthy, capital-I Important

—Library Journal (Starred Review)

An absorbing, multi-faceted, acutely hopeful novel.

—Patrick deWitt, author of Undermajordomo Minor and The Sisters Brothers

Glorious…an open-armed love letter to humanity

—Tiphanie Yanique, author of Land of Love and Drowning

Chilling...A memorable, pulse-pounding literary experience.

—Publisher's Weekly

Stunningly orchestrated…marshals all the vital forces of our existence.

—Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names