Creation Lake assessment: Rachel Kushner’s mix of spy caper and local weather fiction is top-notch

Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner (Jonathan Cape (UK, 5 September); Scribner (US, 3 September))

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner is a thriller, a spy caper, a comedy and in addition a poetic tackle human historical past all the way in which again to the time our species, Homo sapiens, shared Earth with the Neanderthals. It’s a sensationally gratifying novel and has deservedly made the Booker prize longlist.

The story is narrated by our anti-hero, Sadie Smith (not her actual title). She is a US undercover operative working for shady employers…