“Extraordinary.”–The New York Times Book Review

“Page after page, Stern embraces every outrageous possibility, in lush, cartwheeling sentences that layer deep mystery atop page-turning action atop Borscht Belt humor.”—Washington Post

“A funny, profound and virtuosic work … What awaits is a rare enchantment.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Laugh-out-loud funny … A wonderfull entertaining, inventive new novel that evokes Amy Bloom, Michael Chabon and Isaac Bashevis Singer.”–Heller McAlpin, NPR

“Stern elevates his virtuoso storytelling and whirling magical satire to cosmic heights in this lovingly irreverent and revelatory novel of the timeless conflict between the sacred and the profane, and the perpetual search for home and meaning.”—Booklist, starred review