The Lost Time Accidents

This is literature as high-wire act without the net; epic in scale, even bigger in heart -- Marlon James
A science fiction novel about time-travel, filled with unabashedly zany characters . . . a highly enjoyable book * * Sunday Times * *
John Wray gets his Calvino on, his Mitchell on, his Murakami on, and even his Joyce on in this spectacular rattlebag of a novel . . . Who says the novel is dead? Just smash the clocks and open this novel -- Colum McCann
With this darkly playful chronicle of three generations of crackpots and criminals, losers and visionaries, John Wray has written a book of eerie magic: Waldy Tolliver's love letter to the mysterious Mrs. Haven is a secret love letter to fiction itself. A mischievous epic, luminous and strange -- Kiran Desai
A big, enveloping story that's also tenderly wrought, The Lost Time Accidents whips through Viennese pastry shops, cluttered libraries, and the chambers of its narrator's sentimental heart * * Huffington Post * *
[A] sweeping historical novel that's also a love story but is rooted in time-travel science fiction and takes on as its subject the meaning of time itself. This is no small endeavor. It's hard not to admire this book, the mass and richness of which is a testament to the meticulous, dedicated work of its talented author * * Los Angeles Times * *
[A]n arresting mosaic of science fiction, history, and philosophy which proves Wray's remarkable malleability and talent * * Booklist (starred review) * *
Startlingly accomplished * * Daily Telegraph * *
John Wray is the next wave of American fiction -- Jonathan Lethem
America's most original young writer -- Gary Shteyngart * * author of Absurdistan * *
John Wray is a daring young writer -- James Wood * * New Yorker * *
One of our most astonishing and relevant young writers * * Esquire * *
Perfect for fans of David Mitchell and Jonathan Lethem . . . John Wray exceeds even the highest expectations in this ebulliently written, deeply intelligent take on the Great American Novel. Do not be surprised to see this on the Man Booker Shortlist * * NetGalley * *
Between Thomas Pynchon and David Mitchell . . . daunting and entertaining * * New Statesman * *