James Bradley’s thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

James Bradley’s thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

Damsea/ShutterstockJames Bradley is a brilliant writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His recent book Deep Water (2024) is an elegiac essay in response to the wonders of the planet’s oceans. It celebrates undersea mysteries and the marvels of the surface, denounces the slavery and oppression connected with trade routes, and extols the sensuality of swimming and surfing. Deep Water increased Bradley’s international reputation, but it was also…

James Bradley's thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

James Bradley is a brilliant writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His recent book Deep Water (2024) is an elegiac essay in response to the wonders of the planet's oceans. It celebrates undersea mysteries and the marvels of the surface, denounces the slavery and oppression connected with trade routes, and extols the sensuality of swimming and s