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Time Will Darken It
Time Will Darken It
Nov 28, 2025 10:23 PM

Author:William Maxwell

Time Will Darken It

The decision to invite his Southern relatives to stay proves a fateful one for Austin King. By the time they leave, his reputation and his marriage have suffered irreparable damage. Against the perfectly-drawn background of small-town Illinois at the turn of the 20th century, Maxwell once again uncovers the seeds of potential tragedy at the heart of a happily-established family.

Reviews

This is such a good novel that I'm still shaking thinking about it... A novel not to be recommended to people but to be pressed on them, urgently

—— Nicholas Lezard , Guardian

Truly magnificent...I implore you now, not to let it pass you by

—— Glasgow Herald

A novel written with sympathy and with restraint, and in a prose thatt is almost poetically direct and sure... If you do not read Time Will Darken It you will have missed something rare

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Here is a book that is as near perfection as it is possible for a novel to be

—— Boston Globe

He conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity

—— Observer

Maxwell's voice is one of the wisest in American fiction; it is as well, one of the kindest

—— John Updike

Every time I read this I discover something new

—— Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) , Daily Mail

What elevates The Making of Henry..is the way it talks about love. That, and being funny

—— Guardian

This is brilliantly, biliously funny. It is also painfully, movingly sad...Expansive and compassionate... Sharp and hilarious, this latest novel shows Jacobson at his best

—— Observer

A story of modern love that will have readers laughing and sighing with recognition... A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they're willing to make for both

—— Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Delightful... Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect

—— New York Review of Books
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