Joe College

"It takes a sharp eye and a light touch . . . to take on the back-to-school genre as knowingly as Mr. Perrotta has . . . An overwhelmingly pleasing book."—The New York Times

"An absorbing, fleshed-out portrait of an American male edging toward adulthood by crossing seemingly rigid social boundaries."—The New York Times Book Review

"I have a new favorite book, Joe College, and this is why: Tom Perrotta wrote it; an irresistible and accidentally heroic voice narrates it; angst has never been more delicious, food funnier, or Yale more accessible. What a great pleasure."—Elinor Lipman, author of The Inn at Lake Devine

"Tom Perrotta gets it right . . . one of the few convincing portrayals of college life I've ever come across . . . a comic novel so enjoyable you'll find yourself turning the last page in no time."—Newsday

"Proves yet again that Perrotta's books are sheer pleasure."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Tom Perrotta . . . is like an American Nick Hornby: companionable and humane, lighthearted and surprisingly touching."—Newsweek

"Another perfectly pitched, subversively hilarious chronicle of prolonged adolescence . . . Joe College almost makes you wish you could relive the whole god-awful mess all over again."—Kirkus Reviews

"Fast-paced, funny, and provides valuable insights into an era that somehow seems more than a single generation past."—Booklist

"No one chronicles growing up in suburban New Jersey in the late 1970s and early 1980s better than Perrotta . . . [He] is a master of the light comic touch and wry social observation; his take on yellow highlighters and highlighting techniques is very, very funny."—Library Journal

"Perrotta is in full control of his quirky comic sensibility, and they make it easy to root for Danny as he navigates his way from his blue-collar past to his privileged future."—Publishers Weekly