"A Paper Son is a rivetingly imaginative debut full of deft humor and an affinity for the peculiar reminiscent of Auster and Calvino." --Jim Ruland, author of Forest of Fortune"Buchholz's first novel showcases an imagination turned up to 11. I dig books that keep me guessing, keep me gasping with every new page, each new reveal that contorts Realism into something vitally new. I was wonderfully off balance reading A Paper Son. You've never experienced anything like this." --Joshua Mohr, author of All This Life"A Paper Son is a fascinating exploration of blurred lines. Lines blurred between the past and present, of the real and imagined, of yearning and deliverance. A fine debut by Jason Buchholz. --Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times Bestselling author of Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins"Buchholz's gripping debut is a clever supernatural thriller that plays with readers' narrative expectations. Rich, interesting characters fill this fast-paced, magical realist novel about family connections." --Publishers Weekly"A prophetic and engrossing supernatural thriller examining how memory surfaces after a near death experience.... A Paper Son is a magical journey through memory and history.... What makes Buchholz's debut sing is...how the characters handle and rise above their exceptional circumstances to come to terms with a painful and forgotten period of Asian American history. Jason Buchholz's debut is a mesmerizing thriller of memory, loss and identity." --Shelf Awareness"In a very different kind of thriller, Jason Buchholz's captivating debut novel delves into myth, memory and family connections. Time is fluid in this supernatural story, which travels from present-day San Francisco to rural China in the 1920s." --The San Jose Mercury News