RaveNew York Journal of BooksWe proceed from a given: that Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang, is a man possessing amazing gifts. As a new writer appearing for the first time, Garp-like, on the literary horizon, Mr. Wilson shows himself to be more than capable of creating an intricate, loop-de-loop narrative. The Family Fang is based on a killer concept and populated with full bodied, meat-on-the-bone characterizations showcasing the author’s particular gift for presenting humor, in all its shapes, sizes, rhythms and hues ... The Family Fang is the sort of perfectly idiosyncratic thing that comes along only ever so often, and that, when it shows up, cannot help but draw attention to itself because of its own glittery nature. It is a Julia Roberts of a book, one with a great big ravishing toothy grin on every page. One that laughs along with the reader—who is laughing plenty himself. This book should succeed spectacularly.
Sam Wasson
RaveNew York Journal of BooksIt’s that turn of phrase, \'harvesting the lightning that slays and illustrates so beautifully the thing separating this biography from that great big pile of others surrounding it—it is just so wonderfully well written. In addition, there is the aforementioned research. In this the author is scrupulous. The work is impeccable. Six hundred pages of insight and information and not an edit to be found. Six hundred pages that, in telling the life of Fosse, seem hardly enough. And oh, it is amazingly well written ... It is, quite simply, breathtaking work. A suitable finale to one of the best biographies in recent years. Sam Wasson in the pages of Fosse has indeed managed to harvest the lightning and has used it to bring both light and heat. Fosse is a substantial, entertaining, and illuminating work, one that leaves its reader wondering, as Fosse’s own audiences used to do, what Mr. Wasson could possibly do next in order to top this.
Kathy Wang
MixedNew York Journal of Books\"Family Trust, a novel by Kathy Wang ,is an enjoyable enough read. The pages turn and some rather standard characters do some rather standard things while having to cope with some rather extraordinary circumstances ... So, was Family Trust worth publishing? Yes. Is it worth reading? Yes again. This is a perfectly pleasant read, even if, on page after page, in chapter after chapter, the reader feels as if he has read it all before ... While there are problems with length (100 pages could have been cut and the work would have been improved), and pacing, and, especially with the author’s tendency toward weak and underwritten endings... there are some treasures to be found as well.\
