Praise for A Hole in the Story
A Hole in the Story is nuanced, sure-footed, dryly funny, and unpredictable. If there were such a thing as a social-mores thriller, this would be it.Alessandra Stanley, Air Mail
Kalfus is in top form in this slim but powerful novel. Its intelligent engagement with a complex topic will make potent fodder for book groups and coffee house conversations.Library Journal, starred review
"An edgy, discomfiting look at the alpha males of journalism in the age of #MeToo. [ A HOLE IN THE STORY is] a taut, uncomfortable look at a man forced into a reckoning thats much more personal than hed like."Kirkus Reviews, starred review
In A Hole in the Story, Ken Kalfus takes readers back to the frenzy and optimism of the early days of the Me Too movementalbeit from a slightly cynical lens.Electric Literature
With wise concision and wry humor, [ Ken Kalfus] has limned some 'comically appalling' aspects of our contemporary culture.Dick Pulman, Daily Journal
Praise for Ken Kalfus
A cunning writer with masterful timing and an outrageous sense of humor.Gary Shteyngart
"One of America's greatest living writers."Jonathan Safran Foer
Ken Kalfus is an important writer in every sense of important. There are hip, funny writers, and there are smart, technically innovative writers, and there are wise, moving, and profound writers. Kalfus is all these at once.David Foster Wallace
No one is comfortable in Kalfuss universe, and no one is ever exactly at home.New York Times
One of contemporary literatures best-kept secrets.Esquire
When Kalfus finally strikes that match, we readers finally see the light.Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh Air
Kalfus has a gift for penetrating to the core of current events and presenting issues in a provocative way.Washington Post
Its a rare writer who can combine keen, grounded, psychological observation with visionary headiness.Salon