Criticism

Ingoldby, Grace. "Without a View." New Statesman 108, No. 2803 (7 December 1984): 34-5.

States that "Barthelme concentrates on suburbia's slippery surfaces amusingly and with alarming observation" in the stories of Moon Deluxe.

Kaveney, Roz. "Making Themselves Over." Times Literary Supplement, No. 4511 (15-21 September 1989): 998.

Discusses the relationships in Barthelme's Two against One.

A review of Bob the Gambler. Kirkus Reviews LXV, No. 17 (I September 1997): 1323.

Calls Barthelme's Bob the Gambler "a novel of surprising heart and soul."

Williams, Joan. "AM the Lonely People." Washington Post Book World XIII, No. 35 (28 August 1983): 9.

Discusses Barthelme's use of characterization in the stories in Moon Deluxe.