Praise for Lydia Millet "[S]harp and implacably funny.Millet's novels draw solace from the idea that we are infinitely bigger than ourselves." -- Katy Waldman, The New Yorker "[Millet is] one of the funniest writers of American fiction, a rival of George Saunders, Paul Beatty, Nell Zink, and Donald Antrim." -- Christian Lorentzen, New York She's a writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious." -- Karen Russell "Is there a writer more profound and less pretentious than Lydia Millet? In her novels and story collections.Millet deals out existential questions like playing cards, and like any good casino dealer, her hands never shake." -- NPR "The American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves." -- Chicago Tribune "Millet is one of the most fascinating novelists working.

" -- Wall Street Journal Magazine "Millet's great insight--why her writing matters so much right now--is that looking outside the human is what gives human life its meaning." -- Christine Smallwood, New York Times Magazine.