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Date
August 18, 2026
A novel of four women forging their way across time, place, and language in search of desire, power, and connection.
Philosophical and disarmingly dishy ... The meringue-light surface of The Maltese Version, which had thus far presented itself as a caper about two female friends trying to make it in the dying travel-guide industry, might conceal unforeseen depths ... Smith is an observant and dexterous writer ... A steely exploration of novelistic form and what said form can and cannot reveal. It’s a book that — for both its inventiveness and its many linguistic sleights of hand — can renew our faith in the playful joys and critical capacity of fiction.
