Wonderfully odd and original [and] very scary indeed. -- Sarah Waters
Intoxicating. These stories will come alive, put on zoot suits, and wrestle you to the ground. They want you and you will be theirs. -- Alice Sebold
Kelly Link is the literary descendant of Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka. -- Audrey Niffenegger
Funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous. She is unique, and should be declared a national treasure, and possibly surrounded at all times by a cordon of armed marines. -- Neil Gaiman
Link's stories play in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and JK Rowling. * * Time * *
Has plenty to tangle the imagination and leaves some endings tantalisingly hanging in the dark air. * * Daily Mail * *
Against a backdrop of recognisable Americana, anything might happen, and usually does. * * The Observer * *
brimming with singular observations and arresting takes on veryday lives, characters and situations...it's a rollercoaster read * * Books for Keeps * *