Praise for Tony Earley
"Tony Earley has a wonderful gift for deep observation, exact and wise and often funny." (Ellen Currie, The New York Times Book Review)
"He writes his stories with care, word by word and sentence by sentence, and they are distinguished by their feeling for the specifics of lives lived in one place, and for their intelligence, and for their humor." (Charles Baxter)
"He sees beneath the surface, the calm water of everyday lives, into the hidden depths of the soul." (Lee Smith)
"What this guy writes is so true it makes sweat pop out on your forehead. Stay tuned. There's more to come." (Robert Inman)
Praise for his best-selling novel, Jim the Boy
"A radiant, knowing, pitch-perfect parable of childhood." (The New York Times)
"A dazzling first novelTThe apparent casualness of the plot masks extraordinary craft." (Newsweek)
"This exquisitely wrought storyTexhibits a clear-eyed maturity, and an understated daring, rarely seen in the most cutting-edge adult fiction." (Los Angeles Times Book Review)
"An oddly wonderful period pieceTThis little masterpiece may make you feel like flying." (The Seattle Times)
