“Goldbarth is indeed addressing some of the greatest topics there are, and he handles them splendidly…with humor, intelligence and grace.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Goldbarth belongs by rights to the company of America’s premiere literary essayists, somewhere between Annie Dillard and David Foster Wallace.” —Publishers Weekly

“Past lives, false memories, a stripper, and an archeologist all engage his avid attention and agile interpretative skills.” —Booklist

“Goldbarth marries emotions, thoughts, and events we never thought to see in proximity to one another; through his genius we rediscover the world's history and our own. No one else now is writing what Albert Goldbarth gives us because no one else can.” —Frederick Busch