Reviews
Praise for Pete Dexter "What deepens and darkens [Dexter's] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths." -John Skow,Time "One of the greatest American writers… a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve." -Scott L. Turow "Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone." -People "Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings." -Playboy "Dexter's strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest…." -New York Times Book Review, Praise for Pete Dexter "What deepens and darkens [Dexter's] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths." -John Skow, Time "One of the greatest American writers… a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve." -Scott L. Turow "Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone." -People "Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings." -Playboy "Dexter's strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest…." - New York Times Book Review
