A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2016

[ A Gambler's Anatomy ] . . . is nearly perfect. - The New York Daily News

A thoughtful, first-rate novel, that also happens to be a page-turner. - The New York Times Book Review

An effortless blend of comic hijinks and madcap tragedy. . . . Lethem serves up a punchy, stylish, relentlessly entertaining novel. - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

A Gambler's Anatomy will lead more than one reader to rummage around in the back of their closet (or local toy store) for a backgammon set . . . mesmerizing, twisty, fearless. - San Francisco Chronicle

Mr. Lethem's backgammon writing has a satisfying crunch. It's witty and sexy, too. I'm not sure I've ever before read a love scene that begins with a woman crying out, 'Double me, gammon me'. . . . But this novel quickly bends, like one of Uri Geller's spoons into stranger territory. . . . It's a tragicomedy; it plays at its best like a Twilight Zone episode filmed by the Coen brothers. . . . Mr. Lethem has a touching sense of the lives of obsessive misfits. They're his tribe. - The New York Times

In his new novel, he seems to be channeling (and, as usual, transforming) both Thomas Pynchon and Ian Fleming. . . . In short, just another day in Lethemland. - Chicago Tribune