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How it justifies itself as a form? James Wood The New Yorker. Times Literary Supplement Best Books It is a novel that makes sense of the past decade, its geopolitical tensions and the way we as hapless individuals experience those complexities. Madeleine Bunting The Guardian. The ingredients range from philosophy, religion and mathematics to international aid, high finance and carpentry.

But the question at its heart is simple: how does knowledge relate to wisdom, happiness and truth? Florence Noiville Le Monde.

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Claudia Durastanti Il Sole 24 Ore. This ambitious first novel seems to pack into it everything the author knows…and yet it is never show-offy. Its Bangladesh-born author — an investment banker turned human rights lawyer — deftly captures the contemporary realities of each setting. Topics touched upon include the global economic collapse, terrorism, exile and immigration, inequality and class, and knowledge as both a political tool and a means of belonging.