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
© 2013 Karl Taro Greenfeld
