RaveThe Los Angeles Review of BooksIn The Dawn Watch, Jasanoff tells the life story of a novelist. The book comes in the form of a biography of Joseph Conrad, but in fact through Conrad she tells the story of a whole phase in world history ... Jasanoff’s travels have given her an empathy and an understanding for Conrad, and also for the victims of imperialism, that breathe on every page of this magnificent book ... Through it all, she shows how Conrad’s story is part of a broader history — the history of globalization and empire — world history ...best book on Conrad since Watt’s.