What We Can Know

The breathtaking new novel from Ian McEwan

‘A thumping literary mystery’ Independent
‘A gripping page-turner’ Observer
‘A beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart. I loved it’ Elif Shafak

2014: A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace.

2119: A century later, the seas have risen and the world is under water. Those who remain are haunted by what’s been lost – and what might still be found.

When university scholar Tom Metcalfe stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, he reveals a story of entangled love and a brutal crime that challenges everything he thought he knew about the past…

READERS LOVE WHAT WE CAN KNOW:
‘Fantastic…a book I will treasure forever’
‘Brilliant, gripping, fascinating’
‘Makes you question everything you think you know’
‘A beautiful exploration of memory and love’
‘What a book. Utterly absorbing’

‘Rewarding and thought-provoking’ Financial Times

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; Machines Like Me; and Lessons. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.

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What We Can Know: The new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Atonement
What We Can Know: The new Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Atonement