"The paralysing effect of mob psychology and the shocking passive acceptance of brutality make Crane Pond a profoundly thoughtful, gripping, at times harrowing reading experience."

"Crane Pond is a quiet narrative about howling fear and mass hysteria; it is a serenely paced logbook of individuals and a slice of humanity in extreme turmoil and crisis...It is precisely this reflection on what makes such acts conceivable and possible in a social community, minute step by minute step, which distinguishes Francis’ novel."

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