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Book Synopsis"Hilariously funny…Lydia Millet’s novels raise the bar for boldness." —Rene Steinke,
New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious." -- Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories
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Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius." -- Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather
"[A] deft satire." -- Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly
"Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves." -- Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune
"A romp with sharp teeth…a slapstick variation on Millet’s abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world." -- Laura Miller - Salon
"Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed." -- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal
"Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical—the funniest you’ll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you’ll ever read on mermaids." -- Natalie Beach - O Magazine
"A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords." -- Jane Ciabattari - BBC
"[A] laser-focused satire…The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller… An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
