1958

     "In my opinion, this is the best American novel of 1958, and Peter Feibleman the most exciting discovery."
-Maurice Dolbier, N.Y. Herald Tribune

     "An Artistic achievement...an ardent new talent telling in fine sensuous prose the story of an in-between Alice in a wonderland of blacks and whites."
-Borden Deal, N.Y. Times Book Review

     "A remarkable book...great sensibility, weird humor, poetry and a sense of tragedy.  Bound to command attention and to deserve it."
-Clifton Fadiman

     "Brilliantly written...a thoughtful and deeply felt novel.   Its author is a man to be watched."
-Gilbert Highet, Book-of-the-Month Club News

     "Engrossing, brilliant, moving...ranging from grotesque comedy to elemental pathos...Cille's personality, vital, sensitive, and resilient, illuminates every page...a full-fledged, first rate achievement."
-Warren Beck, Chicago Tribune

     "Outstandingly well told...his book is not a work of protest; it is a soft laugh at the whole spectrum of racial ironies."
-Time

     "A feat of dazzling virtuosity...a real triumph...extraordinary in its color, range, and depth."
-John Barkham, Saturday Review Syndicate