'An unearthly literary tale' -- Bookseller 'A moving and unsettling meditation on memories, how recollections of the seemingly trivial can sustain us' -- Books Quarterly (Waterstone's) 'A story of spellbinding power and imagination which resonates long after the final page' -- Tangled Web 'Sure-to-be-acclaimed fiction mixes with travelogue ... Gripping -- and moving -- stuff.' -- Sunday Times Travel Magazine -- February 2006 'His confident voice, observational brilliance and playful humour dazzle to the end.' -- The Times 'Convincing ... reflects on relationships in a beautiful, delicate manner' -- Publisher's Weekly 'Unique and spellbinding ! Brockmeier is up to something different' -- Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Brockmeier investigates our capacity for wonder ! and the result is exacting and perfectly strange' -- The New Yorker 'A spellbinding novel' -- Amy Worth, lead account manager, books, Amazon; Bookseller/ February Booksellers' choice 'Such a powerful read' -- Time Out 'Interesting and intellectually daring' -- New Statesman 20060327 'The themes!are united with wonderful delicacy ... A prodigy of imagination, insight and overwhelming tenderness' -- Murrough O'Brien, The Independent 20060327 'The Brief History of the Dead is more magic realism than science fiction. Brockmeier brings to his book the inquisitive soul of a child. He is a master of the imaginative ponder. His prose is full of whimsy, word play and metaphysical musing. ... evocative and attentive...truly spellbinding' -- Weekend Australian 20060311 'A genuine page turner' -- Derby Evening Telegraph 20060303 'The inventiveness with which the author links (the worlds of the living and the dead) is highly impressive' -- Financial Times 20060304 'Brockmeier is a lyrical yet subtle writer, interested in perplexing teleological questions ... A powerful read' -- Time Out 20060301 'Imagery like this abounds so that reading Brockmeier's prose is like eating a plate full of tasty titbits. You are bound to be delighted over and over again!it's entertaining and pleasurable to read.' -- Canberra Times 20060301 'Luminous' -- The Age 20060301 'Such is his sensitivity and skill that Brockmeier contrives a mystery that is nonetheless subtle, absorbing and ultimately satisfying.' -- Colin Greenland, Guardian 20060408 'The Brief History of the Dead is altogether remarkable' -- Good Reading 20060408 'An intriguing take on the afterlife and will encourage you to think about what death means to you' -- The Weekly Times 20060408 'Sort of like Lost in a good book ... Comparison with Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones is inevitable' -- USA Today 20060408
