We sat down with Jonathan Franzen to talk about his highly anticipated follow-up to The Corrections and Freedom. Watch him discuss his new novel Purity below:
On Purity: An Interview with Jonathan Franzen
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Brilliant, captivating, unbearable, hilarious’
‘A true novel of the 21st century … ambitious and vital’
‘Furiously funny … thoroughly addictive’
‘The new Dickens’
‘Gripping, often funny and packed with wonderful characters’
‘Redemptive’
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