‘The Knowing is a pacy novel. Ryan has great control over the rhythm and momentum of the short chapters through which it progresses, which makes the ever-increasing pressure on Camille all the more palpable … The Knowing is a visceral and sensual novel that is very much concerned with what it means to be a body in the world, and the ways in which we might attend to its pleasures and demands. It is deliciously funny — mostly because of Camille’s sharp, wry wit, which is always tempered by her slight awkwardness — and deeply empathetic. A distinctive, assured work.’