Is This a Work of Historical Fiction?

Saghi: I think we've covered like, all of my, like, kond of structural questions. Because the reactions to this book talked about it as like a work of historical fiction. And i think that led, that take, is probably what led the new yorker review from laura miller to be like, "This was a pretty good book" But alsoi just, i thought the structure was really, was pretty unique and effective and grabby, and i enjoyed it. It got a ton of buzz, but, like, don't know that anybody's first try isi guaranteed to be the best.