PRAISE for Standard Deviations:
"Lucid. Merciless.Unforgettable "
– William Gibson
"An insightful, talented (and sober) writer able to capture exotic places and spin out a vastly entertaining yarn."
—Newsweek
"Karl Taro Greenfeld is a lively, pungent prose stylist and perceptive observer of the human mess all around him."
—The Washington Post
"We have, indeed -- however wild the details -- a classic bildungsroman, a coming-of-age novel, something li
ke a "Wilhelm Meister" for our times."
—Donald Richie, The Japan Times
"The author's jaunty, intimate narrative style makes it easy to imagine the Goa raves, Jakarta brothels and Bangkok slums he visited during his postcollege years."
— Entertainment Weekly
"An insider's book, a wonderful account of travel in the decadent East."
— Paul Theroux
© 2011 Karl Taro Greenfeld
