Alex Preston, The Observer, UK

“[E]ncyclopedic in its reach and depth, dazzling in its erudition…In the Light of What We Know is an extraordinary meditation on the limits and uses of human knowledge, a heartbreaking love story and a gripping account of one man’s psychological disintegration. This is the novel I’d hoped Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom would be (but wasn’t)—an exploration of the post-9/11 world that is both personal and political, epic and intensely moving.”

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Alex Preston
The Observer, UK

 

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