"With [Wideman's] searing explorations of race and rage, of language and laughter, of sin and suffering, he's both timeless and topical. We all stand on his broad shoulders."
—Oprah Daily
"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft."
-- "Alix E. Harrow
The novel is often funny and always acute, but never savage; Reid is too fascinated by how human beings work to tear them apart. All great novelists are great listeners, and Such a Fun Age marks the debut of an extraordinarily gifted one.” —Slate
"Askaripour wields a sharp satirical blade to deliver social commentary . . . He may have written the first satire that doubles as self-help."
--Los Angeles Times
“With [Wideman’s] searing explorations of race and rage, of language and laughter, of sin and suffering, he’s both timeless and topical. We all stand on his broad shoulders.”
—Oprah Daily
“The novel is often funny and always acute, but never savage; Reid is too fascinated by how human beings work to tear them apart. All great novelists are great listeners, and Such a Fun Age marks the debut of an extraordinarily gifted one.” —Slate
“Askaripour wields a sharp satirical blade to deliver social commentary . . . He may have written the first satire that doubles as self-help.” –Los Angeles Times
“The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft.”