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Heart of Darkness revisited: The Dimensions of a Cave, by Greg Jackson, reviewed

Conrad’s classic is updated in this sinister tale of the US government’s involvement in a morally suspect virtual reality programme

4 November 2023

9:00 AM

4 November 2023

9:00 AM

The Dimensions of a Cave Greg Jackson

Granta, pp.464, 18.99

When Joseph Conrad sent his narrator into the heart of darkness, Africa was unknown territory. Revisiting the scene now, Greg Jackson dispatches his explorer to an even stranger destination: an algorithmic universe. 

Jackson, a Granta Best of Young American Novelists in 2017, won prizes with his story collection Prodigals. His debut novel, The Dimensions of a Cave, could hardly be better timed.

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