“The Desert Island Reading List,” by Gregg Sangillo, American University, June 11, 2014. In this article, American University literature department faculty members were asked to name their all-time favorite works of fiction. Professor Richard Sha chose The Echo Maker, describing it as “a stunning novel: beautifully written, brilliant, and a page-turner.” He goes on to say that “only a handful of living writers have both this kind of intelligence and artistry.”