A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious. -- Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories
Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius. -- Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather
[A] deft satire. -- Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly
Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves. -- Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune
A romp with sharp teeth...a slapstick variation on Millet's abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world. -- Laura Miller - Salon
Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed. -- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal
Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical-the funniest you'll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you'll ever read on mermaids. -- Natalie Beach - O Magazine
A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords. -- Jane Ciabattari - BBC
[A] laser-focused satire...The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller... An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
