Praise for The Quantum of Happiness "I have read many books on the Hebridean islands over the years but this is the freshest and most stimulating of all. It is a rich kaleidoscope survey written from time to time in almost poetic prose which combines travelogue, history, culture, religion, sociology, folk beliefs and much more besides." --T.M. Devine, author of The Scottish Nation: A Modern History Praise for Marius Kociejowski "Marius Kociejowski is one of life's great questioners [and] The Serpent Coiled in Naples takes on some of the largest questions that come with searching for this stupendous city's soul . The experience is more of an intellectual joyride than a standard history." --Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker "One of the engines powering [Kociejowski's] writing is a poet's relish for language, be it modern street lingo or 'technically flawless' fifteenth-century pornographic verse . The other is an omnivorous erudition.

" -- Times Literary Supplement " A Factotum in the Book Trade is memorable because a) it's well-written, and b) it's close in touch with the books . It's an account of a life well, happily and grouchily lived." --Dwight Garner, New York Times "An accomplished poet and beguiling essayist . [Kociejowski is] spiky and forthright in his views." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Eccentric, meandering . fascinating." -- The New Criterion "It is a witty tribute to a disappearing niche industry, and its wistful reflections complement its sense of passion for unexpected troves." -- Foreword Reviews.