Saul and Patsy

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“A tale of generations at war and the troubled underside of placid Midwestern life. . abounding in irony and wit, and reminiscent of Bernard Malamud and Saul Bellow.”

— San Francisco Chronicle

“Baxter reminds us that there is no regional monopoly on virtue and understanding, and no easy comforts for either self-appointed worldsavers or smug populists. And for all those hard lessons, Baxter also manages to deliver Saul and Patsy into something astonishingly close to a happy ending. Such indeed is the glory of love — and of fully realized fiction.”

— The Washington Post Book World

“One of our most gifted writers.”

— Chicago Tribune

“Thoughts sprawl delightfully, insanely, worryingly and sometimes brilliantly from Saul. . Funny and grown-up and generous.”

— The New York Times Book Review

“Charles Baxter’s novel Saul and Patsy is what it appears to be — a love story. But underneath its placid surface broils biting social commentary, a tale of lost teenagers adrift in a culture with no moral center.”

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