J. Conrad Guest once again demonstrates his outstanding literary range in this compelling, captivating novel. A Retrospect in Death is one part Ingmar Bergman, one part Joseph Heller, a la Catch 22, and—with its copious cigar smoke and leggy women—two parts vintage J. Conrad Guest. Like his previous novels, readers will be sorry when the story ends. —Lazarus Barnhill, author of Lacey Took a Holiday, The Medicine People, and Come Home to Me, Child

"J. Conrad Guest once again demonstrates his outstanding literary range in this compelling, captivating novel. A Retrospect in Death is one part Ingmar Bergman, one part Joseph Heller, a la Catch 22, and - with its copious cigar smoke and leggy women - two parts vintage J. Conrad Guest. Like his previous novels, readers will be sorry when the story ends."

-Lazarus Barnhill, author of Lacey Took a Holiday, The Medicine People, and Come Home to Me, Child