Chang-rae Lee's third novel utterly fulfils his promise as a writer ... the story's power is truly remarkable ... it is one of the best novels I've read this year. Don't miss it ' * Daily Mail * The prose Lee writes is elliptical, riddling, poetic - beautifully made' * New Yorker * Jerry Battle is a suburban American Everyman who appears to have more in common with the protagonists of John Updike or Richard Ford ... Subtle and tender' * Guardian * Beautifully written ... there is a great deal to admire in Aloft. The author has a keen sense of the eerie confluence of beauty and vacuity in suburban America, especially when glimpsed from a safe distance' * Sunday Times *
Selected by the New Yorker as one of the twenty best writers under the age of forty, Chang-rae Lee teaches creative writing at Princeton University and is the winner of numerous accolades and awards including the PEN/ Hemingway Award.