PositiveThe Los Angeles TimesThe [novel] admirably sidesteps the pitfalls of Chandler-esque pastiche. Nostalgic curiosity has been defenestrated; in its place, a Marlowe we at once know, but have never met before ... Only to Sleep is as much a meditation on aging and memory as it is a crime thriller ... While expansive—and by no means not without twists—Osborne’s story is considerably easier to get one’s head around [than Chandler\'s]. Taking in a series of Mexican processions and local festivals, in places, it has the feel of a road novel, not a million miles away from Nabokov’s Lolita.
