The Register-Guardian
"Unfairness Spoils Funny, Perceptive Book"
by Robert Frazier, Eugene, OR
"In his desire to leave the past as far as possible behind him, Levin accepts a job in the Pacific Northwest, in the wide open spaces of Cascadia (a state invented by Malamud)."
"S. Levin is a native of New York who, after a tragic childhood, became a drunk but at the age of 30 resolved to start a new life as an English instructor."
