Tar Baby

“Deeply perceptive.... Return[s] risk and mischief to the contemporary American novel.” - John Irving, The New York Times Book Review

“Toni Morrison has made herself into the D. H. Lawrence of the black psyche, transforming individuals into forces, idiosyncrasy into inevitability.” - New Yorker

“Arresting images, fierce intelligence, poetic language... One becomes entranced by Toni Morrison’s story.” - The Washington Post

“Wrenchingly good. A terrific book.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Hypnotic, stunningly alive.” - The San Diego Union-Tribune

“That rare commodity, a truly public novel... Morrison’s genius lies in her uncanny ability to immerse you totally in the world she creates.” - Newsweek

“Powerful... A stunning performance... Morrison is one of the most exciting living American writers.” - Kansas City Star

“It takes one to the sheer edge of human relationships.” - Vogue

“Wise, beautiful, astonishing, absolutely breathtaking.” - St. Louis Globe-Democrat

“Reminds us again that Toni Morrison is one of the finest writers in America today.” - Louisville Courier-Journal

“Tar Baby is stupendous. Morrison is a writer of amazing skill.” - Roanoke Times & World

“Its scope is grand and the interplay complex. But Morrison has the control of a skilled choreographer, with a careful eye pinned on pacing, suspense, grace, and frenzy... She has an awesome lyric flair.” - The Charlotte Observer