“Formidable. . . . Cohen balances . . . robust black comedy with moments of quietly profound feeling.” –The Atlantic Monthly
“With the perfect pitch of Chekhov satire . . . Cohen can extend a series of metaphors like taffy.” –The New York Times Book Review
“Captivating. . . . Memorable. . . .These stories are lean yet rich with the complexity of human experience.” –San José Mercury News
“Ruefully funny. . . . The temptation with Cohen is to go on quoting him all day.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“A blaze of silken prose . . . eager for life, bursting with emotion, alive to impressions and sensitive to the poise, the sinew and the flavor of the individual phrase.” –The Buffalo News
