PositiveThe New York Journal of BooksThere are layers to this droll, atmospheric novel including the inside jokes the author wants us to get ... Murphy has taken that time period and our knowledge of the looming crisis and created a compelling mystery set in a world of jaded hopes and ambiguous relationships. There’s the overwhelming sense that the other shoe will drop and when it does, it will come down heavy on our somewhat hapless narrator ... Noir land is always smoke and mirrors, and for those who like entering that world, be assured that Murphy is already at work on his next book.
