"A triumph of craftsmanship. Style and content are in complete harmony. The characters are vividly real; their function, as symbols in the author's larger perceptions, is unforced and organic. . . . The controlled point of view is one of the technical joys of the book. We see and feel everything through Hank's mind. The technique permits Mr. Jones to treat the world outside of Hank impressionistically. . . . An Exile is an intensely Southern Book, but like the best of Southern fiction is not consciously so. The basic human problem cuts across geography."—New York Times Book Review