Bewilderment: From the million-copy global bestselling author of The Overstory

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The breathtaking new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Overstory. THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION The breathtaking new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Overstory. 'Heart-rending' Oprah Winfrey Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. But after a violent outburst from Robin at school, the strength of their close bond will be tested to its limits... What can a father do, when those around him refuse to understand his rare and troubled child? And how can he reveal to his boy the truth about our beautiful, bewildered world? 'The love between son and father has an emotional truth that wrings the heart' Guardian 'This book had me in tears' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch 'Refreshing, original and moving' Evening Standard 'It is impossible to deny the importance of Powers's message' Sunday Times

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read. I'm in awe of his talent -- Oprah Winfrey Both touching and finely written * Daily Telegraph * Deftly crafted . . . packs an emotional punch * Daily Mail * Heartfelt . . . with fantastical digressions to other planets and a rueful celebration of our own * Guardian * Powers has the rare gift of being able to deal with big ideas while keeping you interested in the lives and emotions of his characters -- Sebastian Faulks Beautiful and thoughtfully written * Good Housekeeping * A compelling story about love in a dying world * Irish Independent * It is impossible to deny the importance of Powers's message * Sunday Times * Powers is . . . a wizard when it comes to telling us about trees, rivers, insects and birds * Spectator * Extraordinary . . . Powers's insightful, often poetic prose draws us at once more deeply toward the infinitude of the imagination * New York Times * Remarkable . . . channels both the cosmic sublime and that of the vast American outdoors * Observer *