Fredy Neptune

"Murray's way with language and imagery is thrilling . . . He has given his protagonist a biting plebeian voice, a vernacular that soars."—Richard Eder, The New York Times

"Working-class lyricism undiminished in two hundred and fifty-three pages . . . You can rely on the unexpected to keep happening here, and always to be exhilarating."—Anne Stringfield, The New Yorker

"Highly charged in ideas as in language, Fredy Neptune may jump from sin to salvation and from Suez to Sydney in a single stanza, but it is no novelty act. Neither archer nor centaur, it is a novel. And a ripping good yarn."—Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times

"Murray's best work yet . . . [His] strong plot, clear scenes, and memorable characters control his poem: his style serves them, not the other way around."—Steven Burt, The Village Voice

"Fredy Neptune will give pleasure to any reader who delights in this poet's genius for finding the right turn of phrase, the illuminating metaphor, the vivid rendering of sensory experience. The book also makes history palpable and believable."—Richard Tillinghast, The Washington Times

"This is a haunting, loving, fiercely democratic epic by a master poet."—Ruth Padel, The New York Times Book Review