Tony Sims from Wired Magazine wrote that the book "reveals the beauty and agony of a tormented nation as it tells the story of an improbable friendship between two boys from opposite ends of society, and of the troubled but enduring relationship between a father and a son".
Tony Sims de Wired Magazine escribiu que o libro "revela a beleza e agonía dunha nación atormentada, xa que conta a historia dunha amizade inverosímil entre dous nenos de extremos opostos da sociedade e da relación problemática pero duradeira entre un pai e un fillo".