"An engaging comedy of manners Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satirical bonfire Blue Angel." — Entertainment Weekly
"Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye." — Vanity Fair
"Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike." — Mademoiselle
“Screamingly funny … Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials.” — USA Today
"A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force." — Us Weekly
“Sheer delight … This is among the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a long time and, once started … I couldn’t stop turning the pages until there were none left.” — Washington Post Book World
“What Prose performs at the end of Blue Angel is as neat a sleight of hand as has been seen in the libraries of university novels written this century.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“A blisteringly funny yet compassionate novel … As for the author, she never makes a single wrong move.” — Newsweek
“An elegant satire… pulling off a clever, funny, original send up of contemporary academia isn’t easy … but Ms. Prose succeeds.” — Wall Street Journal
“It will be apparent that Blue Angel is the sort of scandalous book that zealots would be well advised to shun. Once you start reading it, you’ll be hooked. — New York Times Book Review