Reviews
"When it comes to funk and words, lyrics and language, there couldn't be a better pairing than Ben Greenman and Prince. From my experience with both of them, this is the perfect match, like ham hocks and cornflakes." --George Clinton Praise for Ben Greenman "Greenman understands the power of music all too well." -- Newsday "Incapable of writing anything dry or familiar or expected. He is one of the most versatile, consistently surprising writers at work today." --Dave Eggers "Brilliant and wry" --Karen Russell "Greenman rarely plays a wrong chord." -- New York Times "He writes sentences so sharp they hurt." --Jess Walter "What a fine and unique writer Ben Greenman is. I love his sentences, his precision. I feel like he's absorbed and digested so much great literature, distilling it all to create his own fantastic universe of stories and ideas." - Jonathan Ames "Seriously brilliant and lyrical" -- Simon Van Booy "Ben Greenman's mind contains, among other things, a literary critic, a cultural commentator, a cowboy, a satirist, a scientist, a surrealist, a nut, a genius, a child prodigy, and a poet." - Susan Minot "Like Bruno Schulz, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, and no one else I can think of, Greenman has the power to be whimsical without resorting to whimsy." -- Darin Strauss "Light-stepping and hard-hitting Greenman gets it right" -- Walter Mosley, "When it comes to funk and words, lyrics and language, there couldn't be a better pairing than Ben Greenman and Prince. From my experience with both of them, this is the perfect match, like ham hocks and cornflakes." --George Clinton ?" ? Prince's genius is on full display here as Greenman remarks on his prolific music virtuosity, putting out an album once a year, and his obsessive dedication to saving every little scrap of his writing and recording to use again. Greenman's brilliant book celebrates a musician who crammed substance into every corner of his music . ?"? -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Ben Greenman "Greenman understands the power of music all too well." -- Newsday "Incapable of writing anything dry or familiar or expected. He is one of the most versatile, consistently surprising writers at work today." --Dave Eggers "Brilliant and wry" --Karen Russell "Greenman rarely plays a wrong chord." -- New York Times "He writes sentences so sharp they hurt." --Jess Walter "What a fine and unique writer Ben Greenman is. I love his sentences, his precision. I feel like he's absorbed and digested so much great literature, distilling it all to create his own fantastic universe of stories and ideas." - Jonathan Ames "Seriously brilliant and lyrical" -- Simon Van Booy "Ben Greenman's mind contains, among other things, a literary critic, a cultural commentator, a cowboy, a satirist, a scientist, a surrealist, a nut, a genius, a child prodigy, and a poet." - Susan Minot "Like Bruno Schulz, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, and no one else I can think of, Greenman has the power to be whimsical without resorting to whimsy." -- Darin Strauss "Light-stepping and hard-hitting Greenman gets it right" -- Walter Mosley
