“Fagan writes plausible tales told from the perspective of believable and relatable narrators. In other words, if short stories are your thing and more notably even if they’re not, you can’t go wrong here.”
“[Fagan] is gifted with a subtle, but still frequently unsettling, touch. His stories, which frequently consider Jewish identity, explore notions of pleasure and joy, displacement, and alienation as naturally occurring phenomena in his characters’ lives … In smooth, graceful prose, Fagan exposes the reader to men who chart their own unusual paths, rejecting societal definitions of success and failure.”
– Shawn Syms

“There is humour in these stories, pathos and great yarn telling. Remarkable narrative gifts. Thank you Mr. Fagan for such a fabulous Christmas/Hanukkah/birthday present.”
“The volume’s 10 stories are, without exception, splendid yarns, told with the practised ease of a natural storyteller.”
“The reading of these tales is a pleasurable experience and a reminder of what the sinews of short fiction are all about.”