"An engrossing and impossibly wide-ranging project . . . InThe Free World, every seat is a good one." Carlos Lozada,The Washington Post
"The Free Worldsparkles. Fully original, beautifully written . . . One hopes Menand has a sequel in mind. The bar is set very high." David Oshinsky,The New York Times Book Review| Editors' Choice
One ofThe New York Times's 100 best books of 2021 | One ofThe Washington Post's 50 best nonfiction books of 2021 | AMother Jonesbest book of 2021
In his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize“winningThe Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years
"The Free Worldsparkles. Fully original, beautifully written . . . One hopes Menand has a sequel in mind. The bar is set very high." David Oshinsky,The New York Times Book Review| Editors' Choice
One ofThe New York Times's 100 best books of 2021 | One ofThe Washington Post's 50 best nonfiction books of 2021 | AMother Jonesbest book of 2021
In his follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize“winningThe Metaphysical Club, Louis Menand offers a new intellectual and cultural history of the postwar years