Monument Maker Oxford University Press **A MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE OF

**A MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE OF 2023 from The Independent

The book begins in eastern Europe in a little-known period of history - the chaotic years just after World War I

awkward and tender

knowing gets mysterious

Monument Maker Oxford University Press **A MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE OF'A masterpiece' WILLIAM BASINSKI Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranea that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams? These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent, into history, into the horrors of the past; a novel with a sweep and range that runs from the siege of Khartoum