“Block’s memoir is a worthy addition to his impressive list of accomplishments.” — Buffalo News
“Block’s exercise of memory is a delight compounded of rumination and amusement.” — Booklist
“Amusing....A peripatetic but never pedestrian memoir.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Unpretentiously serious, offhandedly funny, and unfailingly entertaining.” — Mystery Scene
“Block knows that character and ambience are the heart and soul of crime fiction, but unlike so many of his brethren, he also maintaines a healthy respect for plot.” — Booklist
“Block has never been better.” — New York Daily News
“One of the best writers now working the beat, Lawrence Block has done something new and remarkable with the private eye novel.” — The Wall Street Journal
“One of the most accomplished writers of mystery and suspense fiction in America.” — Kansas City Star
“A superior storyteller. . . . Block has an awareness of the pain and pleasure of living. It is a gift not all authors have.” — San Antonio Express-News