"Questions the nature of selfhood as men appropriate each other's names, accept or reject the past connected with those names, and hope, ultimately, to change own destinies."
"Rich, thought-provoking novel set in Pakistan and the US creates maps of the human heart and achieves a universality and depth rare in novels of personal relationships."
"Sensitive novel describing the emotional conflicts and subtle changes that occur when an immigrant sees the possibilities inherent in a new culture radically different from that of the past."
"Restrained and understated story of the Irish rebellion from the point of view of an Anglo-Irish child. May be unique in its quiet acceptance of the rightness of change."
