The Freedom Artist

An impassioned plea for freedom and justice, set in a world uncomfortably like our own, by the Booker-winner Ben Okri.

“A perfect read for a post-truth era.” —NPR

In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Amalantis is arrested for asking a question. Her question is this: Who is the Prisoner?

When Amalantis disappears, her lover Karnak goes looking for her. He searches desperately at first, then with a growing realization that to find Amalantis, he must first understand the me...