“staff favorite”

-Paris Review

“mesmerizing and magical…
a stunning book”

-Michael Schaub at NPR

• Kirkus Star

• 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

  Esquire

• “The Dodo,” “The Cape,” “The Frog and the Bird,” “The Monster,” and “The Man, the Restaurant, and the Eiffel Tower”

  Appeared on Selected Shorts

“darkly comic”

-Publisher’s Weekly

“Sweetly believable…wistful and charming”

-Kirkus Reviews

“hysterical”

-Alison Bechdel

• Kirkus Star

• Discover Great New Writers Program

  Barnes & Noble

• Top 10 Best Fiction Books of the Year

  Hudson Booksellers

• "The Duck," "The Man and the Moose," and "Death and the Fruits of the Tree,"

  As heard on NPR's This American Life

• “The Book” and “The TV”

  Appeared on Selected Shorts

• “The TV”

  Appeared in The New Yorker