What We Can Know

<b>The breathtaking new novel from Ian McEwan</b><br /><br /><b>‘A thumping literary mystery’ </b><i>Independent<br /></i><b>‘A gripping page-turner’</b> <i>Observer<br /></i><b>‘A beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart. I loved it’ </b>Elif Shafak<br /><br /><i>2014:</i> A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace.<br /><br /><i>2119: </i>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.<br /><br />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…<br /><br /><b>READERS LOVE </b><i><b>WHAT WE CAN KNOW:<br /></b></i>‘Fantastic…a book I will treasure forever’<br />‘Brilliant, gripping, fascinating’<br />‘Makes you question everything you think you know’<br />‘A beautiful exploration of memory and love’<br />‘What a book. Utterly absorbing’<br /><br /><b>‘Rewarding and thought-provoking’ </b><i>Financial Times</i><br /><br /><b>‘A master storyteller’ </b><i>The Times</i><br /><br /><b>‘It gave me so much pleasure’ </b><i>New York Times</i><br /><br /><b>‘Haunting, playful and ultimately hopeful… A wonderful book’ </b>Kaliane Bradley<br /><br /><b>*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the </b><b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>Guardian</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>New York Times</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>New Statesman</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>Spectator</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>New Yorker</i></b><b>, </b><b><i>i Paper</i></b><b> and Barack Obama*</b>