„His new novel is a better novel than Everyman, intricate, artful, and pressing, and avoids sentimentality with the comedy that the latter novel lacked. […] But the literary intricacy of this novel is what gives it its deep-shelved complexity and makes it a lovely essay on the fiction-writing impulse.“ Zitiert nach: James Wood: Parade’s End. In: The New Yorker vom 15. Oktober 2007.
„Exit Ghost. Great title. The book of a great writer. A great book? Maybe it’s just another piece of a puzzle. A great puzzle, and true to life in being so.“ Zitiert nach: Clive James: Falter Ego. In: The New York Times vom 7. Oktober 2007.
„As a portrait of the artist as an old man, ‘Exit Ghost’ delivers pages of great, sad power. But as a work of art it feels unfocused, never quite drawing together its various threads but, in the end, simply relinquishing them.“ Zitiert nach: Michael Dirda: Nathan Zuckerman, now 71, faces mortality -- and sex -- one last time. In: The Washington Post vom 30. September 2007.
