"Merullo has the ability to make not only the personal universal,
but the everyday sacred."- Baltimore Sun
"Merullo has a graceful way with dialogue, allowing his characters' wit - sometimes caustic, sometimes sweet - to unfold naturally. There is even some slapstick, Merullo, in fact, makes dazzlingly few missteps here. For all its sadness, his narrative is never maudlin; for all its familiarity, it's never trite. No tears are jerked in the delivery of this solidly satisfying little romance, whose author is something of a Houdini in the art of escaping banality."
- Washington Post
- Washington Post
"What makes In Revere, In Those Days stand out from most other contemporary novels is its graceful prose, its deep and decent characters, and its quiet insistence upon the fundamental dignity of humanity."
- Seattle Times
- Seattle Times
"Emotionally complex, politically intelligent, beautifully written: Among the best from a novelist in the classic American tradition."
- Kirkus
- Kirkus
"Merullo, writes with grace and insight... is neither maudlin nor sentimental but clear-eyed, realistic and evocative. His characters stumble upon moments of redemption and terror, as if quiet epiphanies suddenly appear on the roller-coaster of hope and doom on which they find themselves. Layers and levels of emotion surface and dissolve in a prose that's so fine-tuned it feels effortless. .."
- Providence Journal
- Providence Journal
"In a blurb on the jacket of his most recent novel, Anita Shreve says that The Talk-Funny Girl is one of the best novels she has ever read. I never thought I'd have found myself nodding in enthusiastic agreement with a jacket blurb, but Roland Merullo writes with a nearly flawless hand. If you haven't ever read him, you should."
- Commentary
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