He's in, and before long he's lecturing Thomson and dropping axioms such as «Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige.» (southflorida.com)
McDermott offers an exquisite, sly, and profoundly discerning tale about a watershed Long Island summer in the life of lovely 15 - going - on -30-year-old Theresa and her sweet little cousin in a magical yet cunning novel redolent with the enigma of sex, art's mutability, death's shadow, and love's precariousness. (booklistonline.com)
Part of its brilliance lies in its satirizing Hollywood's obsession with big - budget blockbuster movies («Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige,» Mike states.) (johnhanlonreviews.com)