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Anyone else find this book after reading Mitchell's Ghostwritten? I wasn't aware of its existence but in the week after first reading Ghostwritten and doing some wiki-reading into the gas attacks, I found this book at a used bookstore. Only just now getting into it, about a third of the way in so far. Really enjoying it but of course the similarity of the subject was very chilling at that moment.

Kayleigh I agree with you! I haven't started reading "Underground" yet, but after reading "Ghostwritten" the summary immediately stood out to me and I started …moreI agree with you! I haven't started reading "Underground" yet, but after reading "Ghostwritten" the summary immediately stood out to me and I started to wonder if Mitchell based his story on the real-life situation. Very interesting, I feel like Mitchell is greatly influenced by Murakami in many ways.(less)

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Why is the vintage edition's font so tiny? :( To read through 300 pages of tiny font is little tiring on the eyes. Did anybody else face the same issue?

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Is it a long book? Would I be able to finish it if I pick up? Note1: I have previously read some of his short stories collections (birthday stories, after dark, the elephant vanishes etc) Note 2: (although only 300 pages, I have noticed that generally the font size of HM's books are very small. hence 300+ odd pages could be actually a pretty long read. Learnt about this gas tragedy in a podcast. Kindly advice me.

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