The funniest Jewish-American writing today... Jewish life is depicted with the illuminating intimacy of an insider. -- Tanjil Rashid * THE TIMES *
Echoes of Philip Roth resound in a streamlined, compassionate exploration of faith and purpose. -- Hephzibah Anderson * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
A wry, whip-smart comedy about Jewish identity... A clever novel that finds an innovative way to stage the clash between sincere religious conviction and the sceptic's fear that it's a gigantic con trick, with airtime given to both points of view. -- Anthony Cummins * DAILY MAIL *
A rollicking, generous-hearted tale of faith, identity and family... certainly Englander's best novel so far. -- Alex Preston * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Bitingly funny -- Andrew Holgate * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE *
Satirical, inventive, and brimming with gallows humor, this novel's whip-smart look at the clash of religious and secular worlds showcases Englander at his best * ESQUIRE *
Englander is mischievously hilarious, nightmarish, suspenseful, inquisitive, and deliriously tender in this concentrated tale of tradition and improvisation, faith and love. * BOOKLIST *
An excellent comic dissection of Jewish-American life... This novel reads like Chaim Potok filtered through the sensibility of Mel Brooks. Englander writes cogently about Jewish-American assimilation, and, in his practiced hands, he makes Shuli's journey, both outer and inner, a simultaneously humorous and deeply moving one. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
A lean, keen-witted meditation on faith and filial loyalty * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
A reminder of Englander's extraordinary skill ... What a rare blessing to find a smart and witty novel about the unexpected ways religious commitment can fracture a life - and restore it. * WASHINGTON POST *
Englander's expansive imagination is such that he can convincingly write the part of a secular Jewish hipster and a born-again Jew - and do it with the Yiddish inflections of a Borscht Belt comedian. A delight of a novel. * AP NEWS *
kaddish.com is funny but also profound ... Amid the chaos in which we all live nowadays, Kaddish.com is a bright light in a dark world. * JEWISH JOURNAL *
Nathan Englander brilliantly tells this modern folk tale, and, honestly, I could not put the book down until I had read it completely * SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD *
Englander portrays Shuli's frantic quest--one that jeopardizes Shuli's marriage, his job, even his sanity--with curiosity and deep sympathy, evoking a response that transcends the boundaries of any particular faith. * SHELF AWARENESS *
A satirical take on God, family, and the Internet that has been compared to early Philip Roth * THE MILLIONS *
Englander is skilled at creating moments of incredible truth, and at writing morality without moralizing * LITHUB *
Englander pulls it off with his adroit storytelling skills and comic brio -- Jude Cook * THE I PAPER *
