Olivia Laing’s CRUDO is an NPR Best Book of 2018, selected for Ladies First, Love Stories, Rather Short, Realistic Fiction, Seriously Great Writing. They write of it: “I can't think of anything that has captured the feeling of the past few years so well: the ways that world historical crises coexist with daily life, making it hard for either to feel quite real.” Norton published the book on September 11, 2018.