RaveThe National Post...luminous ... The North Carolina resident...is often confused. So is everyone else. But Sullivan is honest enough to let his confusion live and breathe on the page, where it transforms into curiosity, and, eventually, with a few lucky breaks, into knowledge. Sullivan’s writing couldn’t be less professorial or top-down; he’s a boots-on-the-ground thinker, one who clearly doesn’t write a word until he’s both wandered through a few crowds and sat in silence for a few hours first ... Some of the best and most touching parts of the collection come when Sullivan gets down to brass tacks and describes the things he loves. His taste is unexpected, and wonderfully described ... Pulphead is full of such glimpses into the contours of its author’s mind and, by extension, into the depths of the culture at large. This collection establishes Sullivan is a supremely rare talent...
