A Hole in the Story
"A Hole in the Story is nuanced, sure-footed, dryly funny, and unpredictable. If there were such a thing as a social-mores thriller, this would be it. "
— Alessandra Stanley, Air Mail (Recommended )
"Lit Hub: If you could choose a career besides writing (irrespective of schooling requirements and/or talent) what would it be? Ken Kalfus: Astronomer, especially if we disregard schooling requirements and talent—and also math skills and decent eyesight."
— Interviewed by Teddy Wayne, Literary Hub (Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers )
"A former colleague’s #MeToo comeuppance forces a journalist to confront the self-serving narratives he has maintained about his own past. "
— Brendan Driscoll, Booklist (Starred Review)
"wise concision and wry humor"
— Dick Polman, Subject to Change, Substack ("I'm most interested in how my characters live in the historical moment.")
"An edgy, discomfiting look at the alpha males of journalism in the age of #MeToo."
— Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus Reviews (Starred Advance Review)
"The insights are subtle, as Kalfus writes with economical prose and avoids polemics even as Adam’s soul-searching leads to devastating honesty, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions. This is sobering. "
— Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly (Advance Review)