Cover of What We Can Know
Published2025
Pages321
ISBN9781039058217
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What We Can Know

by Ian McEwan

Fiction
Recommended September 29, 2025

Anthony's Recommendation

"This #NewBookTuesday comes from Ian McEwan, The Booker Prize winning author of Atonement. Haven't read that one, but this sounds interesting. It takes place in an apocalyptic future in the year 2119 and concerns the search for a lost poem from a dinner party in 2014. I'm interested. Review coming Monday. What an absolute tour de force of a novel. A mystery wrapped in a meditation on art, history, the future and love. Just incredible. Cannot recommend this highly enough."

— Anthony Jeselnik, #NewBookTuesday

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About this book

The book is set in an apocalyptic future in the year 2119 and revolves around the search for a lost poem from a dinner party in 2014. It explores themes of memory, history, and the enduring power of art in a world that has undergone significant change.

Anthony's Recommendation

Anthony Jeselnik recommended this book on his Instagram story as part of his weekly #NewBookTuesday series on September 29, 2025.

"Every Tuesday, I share a book recommendation. Not sponsored, just books I think are worth reading."— Anthony Jeselnik