
Profoundly American." The Boston Globe, "Brilliant. A story bound and tethered to a lonely road in the Midwest, but drawn from a universal source. An engrossing piece of fiction." Time "A full, commanding novel. A Thousand Acres the prismatic quality of the greatest art." Chicago Tribune "Absorbing. There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." San Francisco Chronicle "It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt.

The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." The Washington Post Book World "Powerful and poignant." The New York Times Book Review "Superb. A thrilling work of art." Chicago Sun-Times "A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. Profoundly American." -The Boston Globe, "Brilliant. An engrossing piece of fiction." -Time "A full, commanding novel. There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." -San Francisco Chronicle "It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt.A Thousand Acres the prismatic quality of the greatest art." -Chicago Tribune "Absorbing. The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World "Powerful and poignant." -The New York Times Book Review "Superb. A thrilling work of art." -Chicago Sun-Times "A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart. Profoundly American." - The Boston Globe, "Brilliant. An engrossing piece of fiction." - Time "A full, commanding novel.

A Thousand Acres the prismatic quality of the greatest art." - Chicago Tribune "Absorbing. There seems to be nothing Smiley can't write about fabulously well." - San Francisco Chronicle "It has been a long time since a novel so surprised me with its power to haunt. The book has all the stark brutality of a Shakespearean tragedy." - The Washington Post Book World "Powerful and poignant." - The New York Times Book Review "Superb. A thrilling work of art." - Chicago Sun-Times "A family portrait that is also a near-epic investigation into the broad landscape, the thousand dark acres of the human heart.
