Robinson Crusoe

“It’s a triumph. Kincaid, at the start, writes that she herself is a ‘Friday in all but name,’ giving the main character, his creator, and the empire that birthed them what-for; the Mexican artist Eko contributes gorgeous and striking illustrations throughout the text. This is a wonderfully published book, right down to the ‘blurbs,’ which come waltzing through history from Ms. Woolf, Mr. Coetzee, Mr. Fuentes, Mr. Dickens, and Mr. Samuel Johnson, who rightly asks, ‘Was there ever anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers?’”

-- Casey Cep * The New York