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“I was pleased to encounter the dark excitement
of Dan Vyleta’s The Quiet Twin…As in Hitchcock’s Rear
Window, paranoia mounts…[A] tense, well-wrought novel.”
— Wall Street Journal
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“Vyleta carefully lays out the elements of a traditional
mystery…and finds clever ways to subvert expectations.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“The novel pungently recreates the noxious ethos
in which [Nazism] flourished, resembling Hitchcock’s Rear Window rescripted by Dostoevsky and Kafka.”
— Sunday Times (London)
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“A striking, pitch-perfect, wonderfully
atmospheric, and beautifully written ensemble piece that subtly portrays a
society on the brink of moral collapse.”
— Sunday Telegraph (London)
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“Vyleta builds an atmosphere of fear and
paranoia…With The Quiet Twin, he
proves he’s no one-book wonder.”
— Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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“A compelling rumination on watching and watchfulness, served
up with Nabokovian glee.”
— Guardian (London)
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“Vital, deftly realized characters populate Vyleta’s
simmering narrative…The Quiet Twin is
a sharp and confident novel that captures the social paranoia and mistrust
fomented by Nazism…Subtly engaging.”
— Independent (London)
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“Vyleta’s second novel is truly a work of art;
his deft manipulation of narrative and characters (and readers), a master class
in psychological sleight of hand.”
— National Post (Toronto)
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“Innocence and cunning, humour and pathos, sacrifice and
cruelty—all operate side by side in a world gone wrong in this breathtaking
page-turner.”
— Winnipeg Free Press
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“Beer is both an anomaly and the norm: a
perceptive mind subdued by sour principles; a compassionate heart in a cowardly
body. When push comes to shove, as it nearly always does, what good are
thoughts against brute force?…Nimble, nuanced, fierce, scrupulous, [The Quiet Twin] makes a good case for
the power of such thoughts.”
— Times Literary Supplement (London)
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“[Vyleta is] the heir of the throne left empty
since the death of Graham Greene. Yes, he’s that damn good.”
— San Francisco Book Review
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“As Vyleta weaves his taut narrative, readers strive with
Beer for that acuteness of vision necessary to anticipate and explain the
ominous twists of events played out in the shadow of Nazi fanaticism. Dark and
disturbing, a novel of rare sophistication.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“[A] captivating detective story…Readers will
appreciate the novel’s well-crafted pathos, dark humor, and chills.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“Working primarily through mood, atmospherics,
and the general air of malevolence with which he surrounds the action, Vyleta
memorably conjures up the darkness both of the times and of the Nazi mind.”
— Library Journal