CRITICISM

Eder, Richard. “Going, Going, Gone.” New York Times Book Review 107, no. 1 (17 February 2002): 18-19.

Eder describes Fair Warning as “a cross between a comedy of manners and a philosophic comedy,” but notes that the novel's “success is uneven.”

Gehr, Richard. “The Wizard of Loneliness.” Village Voice 41, no. 49 (3 December 1996): 57.

Gehr argues that the stories in Butler's Tabloid Dreams resonate as a whole even though they do not stand well on their own.

Review of Fair Warning, by Robert Olen Butler. Publishers Weekly 248, no. 43 (22 October 2001): 41.

The critic offers a generally positive assessment of Fair Warning.

Additional coverage of Butler's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography and Resources, Vol. 1; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 112; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 66; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 81; Contemporary Southern Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 173; DISCovering Authors Modules: Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 1; and Short Stories for Students, Vol. 11.