This book of comic sketches is lighter but no less exuberant ... These are comedies of embarrassment, but happily there is no embarrassment to the comedy, no leavening of the gags and witticisms with serious issues.
Extraordinary inventiveness ... Throughout his 16 stories, Park deftly upends quotidian expectations, encourages discomfort, and presents surreality with biting humor.
Park...writes books that are easy to love and hard to define. His writing is hilarious but also serious; chaotic while still cohesive; irreverent and earnest all at once ... Melds the unexpected with a healthy dose of humor.
Not every story lands...but in most cases Park writes with an open-mindedness that suggests our every device can be mined for intelligent fiction. A collection that revels in its quirks, smart and sensitive in equal measure.
