playgroundTHE NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING, TWICE BOOKER SHORTLISTED AUTHOR She had the ocean. And the ocean absorbed all her hope and excitement, all her panic and pain and love, into a place far larger than anything human. Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve year old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom

Genny's called on to repay an old debt and prove his innocence

Men can do that for themselves

that a different drama unfolds

Welcome to the New

town against country

author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

and she needs Samuel's help

is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life

only to discover that her lover's enigmatic demeanour hides a devastating past

but that it predated the other two

Vanessa turned detective and discovered the true identity of the murderer

An alternative history with a strong feminist twist