Julia Reed
"Beautifully written and meticulously researched, A Separate Country brings the very separate country of late 19th century New Orleans to lush, amazing life. Hicks's novel is heartbreaking, tender, and seductive--just like the city in which it is set. I fell completely in love with these characters and I adore this book. A Separate Country is a richly imagined, redemptive tale of one of the Confederacy's most controversial generals. I couldn't put it down."--(Julia Reed, author of The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story)
Lee Smith
"Robert Hicks has done it again! Like New Orleans, the past itself is always "another country," but Hicks transports us there with ease. Master of voice, character, and atmosphere, here is a born storyteller who has found an unforgettable story to tell."--(Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls)
James Lee Burke
"Robert Hicks writes beautifully. His re-creation of New Orleans and its fatal beauty and the courage of its people is stunning. The narrator's voice has the historical authenticity of Ishmael's or Huck Finn's. As soon as you begin reading A Separate Country, the reader knows he's in the hands of a pro."--(James Lee Burke, author of Swan Peak)