"When wounded souls connect, the miracle can be explosive.  So it is in this rapturous debut novel..." Seattle Gay News

"He's now crafting a new form of southern lyricism with gay characters and plot lines."  -New York Magazine

"A literary masterpiece from a debut author..."  Fred Towers, Rainbow Reviews

"An astounding debut."  - Kevin Killian

"Martin Hyatt writes like a sad angel."  - Abigail Thomas

"A narrative tour-de-force." - Minnie Bruce Pratt

"Martin Hyatt's A Scarecrow's Bible is an exceptional debut novel."  American Library Association

"The writing is so skillful it's hard to believe that this is a debut. If this is a gay novel it's unlike any other I've ever read." —Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story