Bill Roorbach

Aug 2, 2024 | texarkanagazette.com | Bill Roorbach |Marion Winik

The narrator of "Beep," the new novel by Bill Roorbach, is a traveling squirrel monkey who speaks in a made-up pidgin English and communicates telepathically with other animals and even plants. Reading this picaresque adventure story is a nearly psychedelic experience, made for those who like to read outside the box.

Aug 1, 2024 | shelf-awareness.com | Damilare Kuku |Bill Roorbach |janie Kim |Jamie Brenner

Home Readers Current Issue Past Issues Pre-Orders Book Trade Subscribe Login We bet there's a belly laugh or two waiting for you in one of the stellar titles reviewed in today's issue. Is it in Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku, the "sharply insightful, bitingly funny, wondrously poignant" story of a woman's search for true love and acceptance through cosmetic surgery?

Jul 27, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Bill Roorbach

Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts by Adam Sass (Viking Books for Young Readers). Reviewed by Nick Havey. “This messaging around the queer experience is central to — and unpacked throughout — the book, and it’s a reminder of why Sass is so successful: He writes charming books that suck you in, only to teach you hard lessons about queer existence and the anxiety that comes from living outside heterosexuality.

Jul 24, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Bill Roorbach

Often, in moments that feel particularly silly or absurd, I find myself wondering what aliens looking down would make of us here on Earth — how would they perceive, say, a kickboxing class, or a dentist’s visit, or a NASCAR race? In Beep, Bill Roorbach gives us an equally foreign perspective: humans viewed through the lens of an inquisitive squirrel monkey named Beep.

Jul 16, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Bill Roorbach |Kristin Hannah

Pleasant enough, for those who buy the concept of delving into an animal’s thought process. A monkey goes on a journey to save the planet. The novel is narrated by Beep, a squirrel monkey living in what we eventually learn is Costa Rica.