What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Mystery " —The New York Times

" —The New York Times Book Review“McEwan’s new novel is a profound demonstration of his remarkable skill

and of the kind of obsessive

When university scholar Tom Metcalfe stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem

Not even twenty-five years old

And as bedtime nears

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Mystery " —The New York Times2014: A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace. 2119: A century later, the seas have risen and the world is under water. Those who remain are haunted by whats been lost and what might still be found. When university scholar Tom Metcalfe stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, he reveals a story of entangled love and a brutal crime that challenges everything he thought he knew about the past REVIEWS "What We Can Know