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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the ocean floor, leading her on a journey that will encompass the full trajectory of the cosmos and the passage of a single…
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I admire books with a grand sweep, unafraid to plunge into depths of space and time. This book does that: fearless in its scope, detailed in its explication.
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