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James Wood has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2007. In 2009, he won the National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. He was the chief literary critic at the Guardian from 1992 to 1995, and a book critic at the New Republic from 1995 to 2007. He has published a number of books with Cape, including How Fiction Works, which has been translated into thirteen languages.<b>Wood can produce sentences as fine as bone china.</b>
- Claire Allfree, Daily Mail
<b>Those who know Wood as the <i>New Yorker</i>'s literary critic would do well to pick up his novels, too. </b><i>Upstate </i>is a funny, moving family drama.
GQ
Captures the anxious plight of a loving father with <b>exquisite delicacy </b>… Its affections are large and its wisdom deep … <b>One can’t help but feel enriched by the treasure of Wood’s sweet-tempered wit.</b>
- Ron Charles, Washington Post
Its energy derives from feted critic James Wood's observational chops, and you can expect muscular descriptions ... and <b>modest, deeply humane revelations</b> ... <b>Polished, poignant </b>and often<b> very funny.</b>
- Hephzibah Anderson, Mail on Sunday
Uncharted physical and emotional terrain collide in James Wood’s<b> thoughtful and thought-provoking </b>second novel <i>Upstate</i>, a deceptively gentle exploration of the wounds of the past, the complex mesh of family relationships and the ways in which they aid or obstruct our strategies for healing … <b>stubbornly true to life</b>.
- Rebecca Abrams, Financial Times