“Compelling … This thought-provoking novel, based on real events, probes communication between species and between sexes.”

“Readers will enjoy this novel of the human need for connection, conversation, and community.”

“This is worth plunging into.”

“As with Ms. Schulman’s outstanding 2018 novel “Theory of Bastards,” about a bonobo researcher in a dystopian near future, the frisson of “The Dolphin House” comes when it turns the methods of rigorous observation on its humans. Sexual desire is central to understanding the behavior of both species. But as the scandal at the conclusion of this engrossing book shows, only one wields it as an instrument of aggression and shame.”

“Audrey Schulman’s The Dolphin House achieves something remarkable by recasting this kooky, salacious chapter in American science into a melancholy psychological drama. Schulman—whose excellent 2018 novel, Theory of Bastards, also features a female researcher developing a close relationship with her animal subjects—is a daring and original writer. Despite its sordid-seeming subject matter, The Dolphin House is a true heartbreaker.”

“Both woman and dolphins come to vivid life in this fascinating and beautifully realized novel.” 

“Theory of Bastards is both an edifying read and an exhilarating one.”

“The novel I can’t get out of my head is Audrey Schulman’s mid-Collapse Theory of Bastards, with its nuanced confluence of the personal and the epic, the human and the nonhuman.”

“Wonderful, intricate . . . Schulman’s vision of the future is powerful and strange.”