The Montanan - Winter 2005

"X is a pilgrim of the Common Era…."

Kansas City Star - October 2005

"Recently I wrote of my disappointment with George Saunders’ latest book, a satire called The Brief and Terrible Reign of Phil…

Missoula Independent - September 2005

"Absurd and endearing, X Out of Wonderland does indeed imagine all our contradictions and incompatibilities…."

KIRKUS Reviews - June 2005

"A little slip of a tale in the manner of Voltaire’s Candide – which, like its prototype, puts tongue in cheek and takes on nothing less than the state of the nation and the state of the world…."

Publisher's Weekly - June 2005

"Set adrift by sudden unemployment, the Candide-like protagonist of this biting satire of modern capitalism encounters other denizens of a dystopian Wonderland…."

Ken Krimstein dot com

"In case you hadn't noticed, the world itself is reading like a bad Silver Surfer comic book these days…."

The Believer - September 2005

"Cates is a relentless smart aleck, but I sense he genuinely cares about the Global Mess we’re in…."