Four Freedoms

So rich and so evocative and so authentic. —Tom Brokaw author of The Greatest GenerationJohn Crowley is a virtuoso of metaphor a peerless recreator of living moments of small daily sublimities.” —New York Times Book Review From the critically acclaimed author of Lord Byron’s Novel and The Translator comes a novel set in World War II America that follows the stories of a group of aircraft factory workers—in particular the enigmatic figure of draftsman Prosper Olander. Named one of the Best Books of 2009 by the Washington Post Four Freedoms is a beautifully crafted story of liberation and redemption from an author who has been compared to Robertson Davies Thomas Mann and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.