Critical Praise

"What distinguishes it . . . is the emotional richness of Cedric's struggle and the extraordinary depth of Suskind's telling of it. . . . Exquisite. "

———Chicago Tribune

"A great read . . . worthy of Tom Wolfe. "

———San Francisco Chronicle

"A beautiful book of a heroic American struggle. "

———David Halberstam in USA Today

"[An] extraordinary, formula-shattering book. "

———New York Times Book Review

"A story of sheer human grit that should be read by others as example and inspiration. "

———Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

"Absolutely gripping. A sort of suspense novel of the human psyche. . . . It's beyond good, it's really extraordinary. "

———Walter Kirn, National Public Radio