"The rancorous, interminable friendship between a Great Man and his envious, self-pitying biographer drives this cleverly coiled narrative. . . . As deliciously intimate and clue-riddled as a Poe story."--Publishers Weekly
"Ticknor is one of this year's most enjoyable and formally impressive books."--The New York Sun
"Sheila Heti's touch is confident. She builds a memorable world inside the tiny space of Ticknor's anxious imagination, and we barely miss the air outside."--San Francisco Chronicle
"A pungent and hilarious study of bitterness and promise unfulfilled."--Boldtype
"Heti paints a full and rich character:curmudgeonly, downright pathetic, but surprisingly fascinating."--Bookforum
"A par-ticularly satisfying puzzle: Heti’s prose is the journey, and the destination."--The Village Voice
"Heti packs more life and literary pleasure into Ticknor than most authors do in novels three or four times its length."--David Bezmozgis, author of Natasha
