Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads is pleasingly old-fashioned and immensely readable

28 October 2021, The Tablet

A gripping, immersive read, Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads is surely one of the best novels of the year.

Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, is set in the early 1970s – and could easily have been written then. It is in many respects a traditional family saga.

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