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Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Dec 28, 2012 08:22am

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Please Don't Call Me Human

by Wang Shuo

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Geoffrey Humble said: "An earthily picaresque and somewhat demented blend of flavours, rooted in pride, nationalistic blindness and committee-think, with a top-note of Bulgakov (but despite the blurb no Kerouac). Shot through with veins of twisted history and popular liter...more "

Dec 28, 2012 01:31pm · see review

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

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Remarkable and terrifying.
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