The Rise & Fall Of Great Powers: A Novel

"Something’s not quite right from the very beginning of this book. That’s where we meet Tooly Zylberberg, a bookshop owner trying to piece together her very complicated, global past. There’s what she remembers and then there’s what the people around her tell her, mixed in with large doses of deceptions and dark motivations. As he did in his last book, The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman creates this whole world of complicated, flawed and endearing characters who keep you wanting more."