"Astonishing ... dazzling ... Strauss proves himself to a be a writer of great imaginative gifts ... a risky, ambitious & beautifully realized novel." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Humor ... humanity ... aching sadness ... a story of heroic longing." --The New York Times Book Review. "Strauss elevates Chang & Eng's story far beyond the sideshow ... a haunting & thoroughly entertaining parable of loyalty & love." --Los Angeles Times. "An ambitious, assured first novel ... Strauss imagines these men in full. They are given voice, their fears, hopes, & dreams made vital ... memorable." --The Boston Globe.