The World Is a Book, Indeed

LaSalle shows himself to be a smart and open writer with a restless intellect and infectious passion for travel and literature. ~Publishers Weekly

LaSalle's dreamlike sense of exploration through past and present, memory and loss, the mundane and the profound, not only keeps the reader on the brink of discovery but also paints a picture far more vivid than any standard travel narrative. ~Ploughshares

LaSalle's command of the language is admirable, but even more admirable is his moral vision. ~Dallas Times-Herald

LaSalle's stories are full of detail, and he knows how to create a sense of place, be it Buenos Aires, Austin, Texas, Paris, or Boston. ~Atlanta Journal-Constitution

LaSalle delivers a wonderful collection of essays about his extensive travels, to places both literary and actual, over his career as a fiction writer and writing instructor.... Readers who discover this literary gem will be delighted. ~Publishers Weekly