"Michener explores some of the deepest issues raised by narrative literature." --The New York Times
"A good, old-fashioned, sink-your-teeth-into-it story . . . The Novel lets us see an unfamiliar side of the author, at the same time portraying the delicate, complex relationship among editors, agents and writers." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Michener loves literature, and his information about some of his favorite reading is almost as alluring as his explanation of how to handle a manuscript." --Associated Press
"So absorbing you simply will not want [it] to end." --Charleston News & Courier