{"product_id":"9781529959208","title":"What We Can Know","description":"Author: McEwan, Ian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529959208\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world submerged by rising seas, can the secrets of the past be discovered? The exhilarating and beautiful \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the finest writers alive' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Metcalfe, a scholar at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain's remaining archipelagos, pores over the archives of the early twenty-first century, captivated by the freedoms and possibilities of human life at its zenith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, revelations of entangled love and a brutal crime emerge, destroying his assumptions about a story he thought he knew intimately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quest, a literary thriller and a love story, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Can Know\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece that reclaims the present from our sense of looming catastrophe, and imagines a future world where all is not quite lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true master' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McEwan is one of the most accomplished craftsmen of plot and prose' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48125226746014,"sku":"UBD-9781529959208","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529959208.jpg?v=1786455137","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529959208","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}