In this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastlineтАФthe Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls trapped amid the rising seas outside. A blend of the most compelling issues of our timeтАФclimate change, increasing fear, widening divisionsтАФThe Wall is a suspenseful story of love, trust, and survival.
John Lanchester is the author of five novels, including The Debt to Pleasure and Capital. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and he is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. He lives in London.