The Future Future

Adam Thirlwell delivers a dazzling, playful novel set in eighteenth-century France on the eve of revolution. His protagonist moves through salons, scandals, and shifting political winds with a sense of surreal lightness, even as the world teeters on the edge of upheaval. Thirlwell’s style is experimental yet charming, blending historical detail with metafictional twists that question how history is told. Beneath the humour and stylistic flair lies a sharp interrogation of power, privilege, and the narratives that justify them. It’s inventive, eccentric, and intellectually provocative — political fiction with a mischievous glint.