'Baker continuously turns laughter into pain then back again yet always leaving the wound of truth. -The New York Times Book Review'Baker is still the jabberwocky with jaws that bite tickling the reader into laughter with his left claw while his right one holds a shiv. -Life Magazine'A mixture of laughter and tears expressed by a writer of rare discernment and powerful lucid style. -Los Angeles Times'Extraordinarily well-written and shatteringly funny. -Saturday Review