Kings of Infinite Space

"This macabre, funny, and very twisted satire of office life displays James Hynes as a wonderfully eccentric and entirely original writer."—Esquire

"Hynes has mastered the art of luring, hooking and reeling readers in with his salty style and quick wit . . . A refreshing escape from the typically mundane plots of commercial fiction"—USA Today

"The Kings of Infinite Space is social satire that slides smoothly into horror."—Time

"Immensely witty . . . A fast, funny ride through pretty peculiar territory."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

"What makes this novel scarier—and more ambitious—than The Lecturer's Talk and Publish & Perish, Hynes's previous books, is that it isn't about the academy. It's about all of us—porters, waitresses, office schlubs, and TV anchorwomen, as well as people who read The Norton Anthology of English Literature. They, we, are all trying to rise or at least not fall, haunted by the idea that someone—no matter where we are on the totem pole—is richer, more important, hipper, less humiliated than us."—The New York Times Book Review

"Very few novels can manage to be both hilarious and creepy, but this one does. Fewer still can show off their smarts without slowing down the plot, but this one does that, too."—Laura Miller, Salon.com

"[A] brilliantly twisted new satire . . . a slapstick apocalypse, part H. G. Wells, part Buffy the Vampire Slayer."—Time Out New York

"A strange, suspenseful, and splendidly written novel. Think Stephen King writing satire . . . a very funny, very macabre novel, filled with unforgettable characters (the living dead among them)."—Nancy Pearl, The Seattle Times

"People really do laugh out loud when reading Hynes novels . . . Funny, frightening, smart, and sexy! It is absolutely unlike anything you have ever read."—Keith Taylor, Ann Arbor Observer

"Hilarious . . . It's part Falling Down . . . part Lars von Trier's The Kingdom . . . part Temp Slave! 'zine, part erotic love story, and part (of course) The Island of Dr. Moreau."—The San Diego Union-Tribune

"In the best tradition of Baum, Carroll, and Orwell, Hynes crafts a mordantly incisive satire on a corporate America where incompetence is rewarded and talent ignored."—Booklist