Critical Praise for The Madhouse Nudes

a novel by

Robert Schultz

"The Madhouse Nudes is a delight. . . . This is the kind of book that makes you want to buttonhole someone and say, ‘Read this.'"

-- The Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"[A] book about bodies . . . In all stages of imperfection and transitory radiance . . . . Stunning. . . . [A] profound psychological study, naked and finally sane."

--The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

"The prose is beautifully wrought. . . . [A]s a sensitive and even suspenseful mystery with a love story attached, it succeeds marvelously . . . And the pace keeps the reader moving steadily from start to finish."

-- San Antonio Express-News

"The Madhouse Nudes is [a] gripping, emotional and often painful novel written by a masterful storyteller."

-- The Roanoke Times

"The Madhouse Nudes is a totally engaging and involving novel. . . . Robert Schultz knows how to tell a story. . . ."

-- In Pittsburgh Newsweekly

""[R]aise[s] fundamental questions about the nature and ‘business' of art and its relation to the self and others, especially those we love and live among."

-- The Hudson Review

"Strong characters rendered in artful pages."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"An odyssey into the life of a working artist."

-- The Chattanooga Times

"Highly recommended."

-- Library Journal

""Robert Schultz . . . is a gifted creator of true-to-life images."

-- The Des Moines Register

"The Madhouse Nudes is a gripping, moving story, enhanced by all the virtues of first-rate fiction. It has a credible and sympathetic central character in the gifted artist, John Ordway, and a fully dimensional cast of well-realized characters. There is a strong, at times lyrical sense of place and a sensitive accounting of our troubled times. And above all it has style, a clean, clear prose that is a pleasure to read. I recommend Robert Schultz's The Madhouse Nudes to all readers looking for storytelling at its finest."

--George Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author