Orfeo in the top ten list of books published in January 2014 that librarians across the country love, LibraryReads, January 2014.
“Experimental music and genetic engineering? Heady stuff indeed, but what is most remarkable about this thought-provoking journey is how intensely it makes you feel about human creativity, experience, and the enigmatic fugitive Peter Els, whose flight from an uncomprehending world anchors the narrative. A perfect introduction to this brilliant but sometimes forbidding author.”—David Wright, Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA