The Man Who Saw Everything - Hardcover

“A superbly crafted, enigmatic new story from an author of note...In a relatively short book, Levy spins an extraordinary web of connection, a dreamscape in which plangent images like a pearl necklace, a spilled drink, or the petals of a tree recur like soft chimes...Head-spinning and playful yet translucent, Levy's writing offers sophistication and delightful artistry. Levy defies gravity in a daring, time-bending new novel.”” ―Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews

“Booker Prize–finalist Levy (Hot Milk) explores the fragile connections and often vast chasms between self and others in this playful, destabilizing, and consistently surprising novel... Levy's novel brilliantly explores the parallels between personal and political history, and prompts questions about how one sees oneself-and what others see.” ―Starred Review, Publishers Weekly

“[An] utterly beguiling fever dream of a novel, which revisits aspects of Europe's authoritarian 20th-century history through the delirium of one man's shattered mind... Nominated for this year's Booker Prize, The Man Who Saw Everything is an intricate jigsaw, full of pieces that tantalizingly never quite fit together. . . In writing that is as clear as a stream yet also full of withheld meaning, Levy suggests that the grief and guilt inside Saul . . . is connected to Europe's legacy of persecution, paranoia, and totalitarianism.” ―Daily Telegraph

“Deborah Levy's intelligent and supple latest novel, The Man Who Saw Everything, recently longlisted for the Booker Prize... is stunningly disorienting, fascinating . . . the balance shifts through Levy's skillful, dizzying storytelling.” ―The Financial Times

“[Levy is] an indelible writer.” ―Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review

“The seductive pleasure of Levy's prose stems from its layered brilliance.” ―Ron Charles, The Washington Post

“Ms. Levy is a stealthy storyteller, lulling us while busy scattering clues.” ―The New York Times

“Levy's sense of dramatic form . . . is unerring, and her precise, dispassionate prose effortlessly summons people and landscapes.” ―The New Yorker

“This is a writer who has found her voice and her subject, and both speak directly to our times.” ―Heller McAlpin, Los Angeles Times

“To build her characters, Levy deconstructs them, peeling back layers and slinking effortlessly from one inner life to the next.” ―Denver Post