The Counterlife: A Novel

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER

“Magnificent … splendid.” —New York Times Book Review

"Unquestionably his masterpiece." —John Banville, London Review of Books

The Counterlife is about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter seemingly irreversible destinies. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted unceasingly by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their...