What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Set between 2014 and a flooded near-future, the novel centers on a mysterious poem read at a dinner and a lone scholar, Thomas Metcalfe, who becomes obsessed with finding it. His search through archives and lives unearths love, loss and a violent secret, as the book probes how we piece together the past and what can truly be known across time.
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- Published
- 2025
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- Unknown
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- Pages
- 303
- Original Language
- English
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