A review by blairmahoney
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt

4.0

It's a fascinating subject and Holt is an engaging guide through the ideas of a range of eminent physicists and philosophers who have pondered the question of why there is something rather than nothing. It get get a little samey at times and the interview with John Updike seems a little superfluous, there mostly because Holt really likes him, but the book works well overall. The end is quite moving.