"Malla writes as if the twin demons of Stephen King and Flannery O'Connor were resting on his shoulders. You've never read anything quite like People Park."--Amazon.ca Best Books of 2012 "A polished, confident storyteller. An invigorating mix of seriousness, humor, and candor." -- Toronto Star "Like David Foster Wallace and Rick Moody, Malla often asks painful questions, revealing equally painful truths." -- Quill & Quire "An astonishing and bizarre mix. Pasha Malla is an impressive young voice that gives one hope for a future of new Canadian writing talent.
" -- Globe and Mail "Malla's technical skills are.reminiscent of Munro. His handling of society's unfortunates is very Barbara Gowdy. Buy The Withdrawal Method ." -- Vue Weekly "Pasha Malla's remarkable debut collection The Withdrawal Method is a sign (or warning) for things to come." -- The Coast "Weird and wild and wonderful. Funny, too. Pasha Malla has a deft tough.
" --David Bergen, author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-wining The Time In Between "Life is anything but ordinary in the hands of this gifted writer." -- Vancouver Sun "When I got to the last page, I wanted to flip the thing over and start right back at the beginning. I can't think of a better testament to the pleasure of reading a novel." -- AV Club "People Park is a zany and entertaining yarn . more than a worthy followup to The Withdrawal Method ; it's a merry microcosm." -- Winnipeg Free Press "People Park is an ambitious and complex novel, impressively rendered and fantastic to read.' -- National Post "People Park is reminiscent of Gary Shteyngart or George Saunders . vividly imagined .
" -- Globe and Mail "Written in breathless prose, it's oddball fun, and Malla proves himself as a writer who never takes the easy way out." -- National Post "[ People Park ] unfolds a unique and fully realized fictional universe in which the author explores themes of displacement, isolation, and reunification with flashes of dark humour." -- Quill and Quire ". an imaginative feat ." --Georgia Straight ". every sentence [is] a thrill . [in People Park ] we get a frightening picture of ourselves." -- Montreal Gazette "The novel is a cacophony of comedy and heartbreak, magical realism and satiric wit, made melodically whole through Malla's deft prose.
" -- Briarpatch Magazine.