Crossroads: The latest novel from the international bestselling author of The Corrections

‘His best novel yet … A Middlemarch-like triumph’ Telegraph ‘A pleasure bomb of a novel’ Vogue ‘A true modern master’ Independent It’s 23 December 1971, and the Hildebrandts are at a crossroads. Fifteen-year-old Perry has resolved to be a better person and quit dealing drugs to seventh graders. His sister Becky, the once straight-laced high school social queen, has veered into counterculture, while at college, Clem is wrestling with a decision that might tear his family apart. As their parents – Russ, a suburban pastor, and Marion, his restless wife – tug against the bonds of a joyless marriage, Crossroads finds a family, and a nation, struggling to do the right thing. ‘Funny, moving, crackling with life, it has what all great fiction should have’ Financial Times ‘Intoxicating – a luxuriant domestic drama’ Guardian THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 • AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR • A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR • A LIT HUB BOOK OF THE YEAR In Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen, the bestselling author, presents a literary saga that explores the religious and moral dilemmas of the Hildebrandts. This bestselling book, coming from the Sunday Times bestselling author, is a top pick for readers interested in complex family narratives. For fans of Philip Roth (The Human Stain), Paul Auster (Baumgartner), David Foster Wallace (The Pale King), Hernan Diaz (Trust), and Cormac Mccarthy (The Passenger).