Reviews

"Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art." --"Chicago Sun-Times
""A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. . . . The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." --"The Washington Post Book World
""Powerful and poignant." --"The New York Times Book Review
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"Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." --"San Francisco Chronicle
""It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . A Thousand Acres" "Ýhas¨ the prismatic quality of the greatest art." --"Chicago Tribune
""Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction." --"Time
""A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American." --"The Boston Globe" "From the Trade Paperback edition."

"Brilliant. . . . Absorbing. . . . A thrilling work of art." --"Chicago Sun-Times
""A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. . . . The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." --"The Washington Post Book World
""Powerful and poignant." --"The New York Times Book Review
"
"Superb. . . . There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." --"San Francisco Chronicle
""It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. . . . A Thousand Acres" "Yhas the prismatic quality of the greatest art." --"Chicago Tribune
""Absorbing. . . . Exhilarating. . . . An engrossing piece of fiction." --"Time
""A full, commanding novel. . . . A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. . . . Profoundly American." --"The Boston Globe"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."