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A juicy and insanely original novel overflowing with effervescent prose and captivating characters. Audacious, entertaining, and over-the-top, this is the literary equivalent of your most bingeable show.
— Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch
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A novel rich with charm and wisdom, crackling with wit and such a playful, subversive tone you might not catch the deeper isolation it examines so well. A superb accomplishment.
— Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling
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A deliciously madcap, wholly original tale of friendship, lust, and ambition. Zyzak ably explores what it takes to survive in a world turned upside down—and what is lost when one succeeds. I savored every word.
— Kirstin Chen, New York Times-Bestselling author of Counterfeit
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With insights and characters so fresh they made me giddy, The Lady Waiting is raucous, sexy, and deeply hilarious.
— Julia May Jonas, author of Vladimir
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“A wildly crazy and funny novel, full of exotic characters and executed to technical perfection by Magdalena Zyzak. It made my brain more glamorous.
— Cat Marnell, author of How to Murder Your Life
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“Inventive and funny. . . unexpectedly moving.” ―The New York Times
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“A wickedly good debut [with] a fleet-footed, darkly comic spirit . . . Zyzak's wicked wit expresses a matter-of-fact acceptance of the world as it is, rife with cruelty and suffering, but also with kindness, love and a lot of laughs…Mark Twain, for one, would have thoroughly enjoyed the all-too-human misadventures she describes.” ―Los Angeles Times
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“Make way for Magdalena Zyzak! She writes in a way uniquely her own and approaches the English language with the joy and reverence of her countryman Joseph Conrad. The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel is a heady drink.” ―Gary Shteyngart
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“A wildly crazy and funny novel, full of exotic characters and executed to technical perfection by Magdalena Zyzak. It made my brain more glamorous.
— Cat Marnell, author of How to Murder Your Life
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“Make way for Magdalena Zyzak! She writes in a way uniquely her own and approaches the English language with the joy and reverence of her countryman Joseph Conrad. The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel is a heady drink.” ―Gary Shteyngart
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This novel pops. Magdalena Zyzak is in complete control and her world comes through with the clarity of the Vermeer at the center of it all. A cosmopolitan, sexy and funny novel.
— Percival Everett, author of The Trees
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With its madcap plot, fantastic central characters, and White Lotus–style wealth porn. . . Zyzak’s second novel seems like catnip for Hollywood. Funny, original, worldly, and very cool. A standout.
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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A rollicking tale of sex, money, and art theft. . . . Zyzak constructs a playful narrative. . . [raising] the stakes again and again. This is great fun.
— Publishers Weekly
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Electric with clever plays on language and accents, identities and desires, crimes petty and hellish, Zydak’s geopolitical romp is canny, sexy, and mordant.
— Booklist
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A nail-biting delight.
— The Millions
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We're suckers for stories about grifters. . . and this novel from Magdalena Zyzak doesn't disappoint.
— Town & Country
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This novel pops. Magdalena Zyzak is in complete control and her world comes through with the clarity of the Vermeer at the center of it all. A cosmopolitan, sexy and funny novel.
— Percival Everett, New York Times-bestselling author of James