Reviews of Glyph

“A mock-heroic tale of baby Ralph, who at eleven months reads Auden, Balzac, and the Koran, this very funny novel lampoons gifted children, their nutty parents, psychiatrists, kooky research projects, the national-security agenda, and French lit crit…Everett punctures every jargon-filled balloon; the book itself is an argument for the pleasures of straight narrative.” —The New Yorker
 
“Everett is a clever writer with a gift for parody and a formidable library in his head.” —Washington Post Book World