Last Night in Montreal

Praise

“Breathtaking. . . . Simply blew me away.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR, “Morning Edition” 
 
 “Emily St. John Mandel is astonishing.” —Emma Straub, author of The Vacationers
  
“Stunning. . . . A brilliant tale of desperation and identity.” —Richmond Review
 
“Lilia is more or less Newton’s first law of motion personified. . . . [A] knot of a novel.” —The New York Times
 
“[Mandel’s] writing is pure elegance.” —Patrick DeWitt, author of Sisters Brothers

“[Mandel] is a stunningly beautiful writer whose complex, flawed, and well-drawn characters linger with you.” —Sarah McCarry, Tor.com
 
“The pages fly.” —Paste
 
“Last Night in Montreal is an exciting debut: a thriller, a love story, and a quiet ballad about life’s fleeting connections.” —Quill & Quire
 
“Taut, gripping. . . . The lost souls in this elegantly compelling novel are lost to themselves as much as they are to others.” —Booklist
 
“Mandel is a terrific writer, so good that even the furthest reaches of her tale make perfect sense.” —PopMatters.com
 
“Shockingly real, and so hard to put down.” —Three Guys One Book
 
“Exquisite. . . . At its heart this book is a mystery, a few mysteries; we wait and we wonder while being charmed by Mandel’s intricate narrative dance.” —Foreword magazine