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Reviews round-up

Question 7

by Richard Flanagan

Random House2025ISBN 9780593688410

5 of 5 critics positive

7 reviews: 2 raves, 3 positives; 2 not stating a verdict in public

What the critics said

Rave
“this deeply moving book is his finest work”

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this deeply moving book is his finest work

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Rave
“a dazzling new book by Richard Flanagan”

‘Question 7,’ a dazzling new book by Richard Flanagan, reviewed

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Positive
“an unusual, unique memoir”

“Question 7” is an unusual, unique memoir

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Positive
“a moving blend of memoir, history and philosophy”

In Question 7, Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan has turned existential

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Positive
“a moving blend of memoir, history and fiction”

The child of the atomic bomb who won the Booker Prize

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Verdict not stated

The atomic bomb and a near-death experience shadow Richard Flanagan’s autobiographical Question 7

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Verdict not stated

A Family History Bound to the Story of the Atomic Bomb (Published 2024)

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