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‘His best novel yet … A Middlemarch-like triumph’ Telegraph‘A pleasure bomb of a novel’ Vogue ‘A true modern master’ Independent

It’s 23 December 1971, and the Hildebrandts are at a crossroads. Fifteen-year-old Perry has resolved to be a better person and quit dealing drugs to seventh graders. His sister Becky, the once straight-laced high school social queen, has veered into counterculture, while at college, Clem is wrestling with a decision that might tear his family apart. As their parents – Russ, a suburban pastor, and Marion, his restless wife – tug against the bonds of a joyless marriage, Crossroads finds a family, and a nation, struggling to do the right thing.

‘Funny, moving, crackling with life, it has what all great fiction should have’ Financial Times

‘Intoxicating – a luxuriant domestic drama’ Guardian

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 • AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR • A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR • A LIT HUB BOOK OF THE YEAR

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fantastic..how he conveys the characters especially the females is wonderous....but a special mention for his voice acting for Perry

Exceptional and a perfect Narrator

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First time reading Jonathan Franzen book, I "could not put it down". I am now looking forward to read more books of this writer.

I could not stop listening

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Loved it all. In awe of the reader who seemed to be able to convey the essence of so many different characters.

Fantastic characters - such an intense and compelling story

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This is absolutely brilliant. I can’t wait for more. Just genius writing. A towering achievement.

Wow!

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I did become very invested in the choices made by each member of this family, and the difficulties that result. Each of the characters has their own particular relationship with ‘God’ and their behaviours are skewed by that. There was a poignant lingering flavour to the story that reminded me of Anne Tyler’s novels: the way things don’t work out as people expect or hope, the way in which they can’t see their motivations clearly, make mistakes, and do their best to come to terms with their real lives. The ending is not a simple feel-good one, but it is satisfying, and not without hope

Absorbing family story

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