Set in 2119 after the UK is mostly submerged by rising seas, McEwan’s latest combines a Ballardian dystopia with a deft mystery – a case of a disappearing poem rather than a body in the library.
What We Can Know
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ÂŁ22.00
Edition:Hardback978178733573818/09/2025
Categories: 04. Summer Books 2025: Fiction, 08. Books For Christmas 2025: Fiction, Books For Christmas 2025, Fiction, Summer Books 2025
Tag: Environment
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