“Pilch’s antic sensibility confirms that he is the compatriot of Witold Gombrowicz, the Polish maestro of absurdist pranks. But readers with a taste for the fermented Irish blarney of Flann O’Brien, Samuel Beckett, and John Kennedy Toole might also savor Pilch . . .”

You can read Steven G. Kellman’s full review at the Barnes & Nobel Review.

And learn more about A Thousand Peaceful Cities itself right here.