Open Letters Monthly reviewer Steve Donoghue called the novel "infinitely strange" but "smarter and more assured" than his last novel The Hakawati.[5] Similarly Washington Post reviewer called the novel as "epic as its predecessor".[2] The Independent gave very positive review concluding "Read it once, read it twice, read other books for a decade or so, and then pick it up and read it anew. This one’s a keeper."[3]