Listening to the car radio on the way from the police headquarters to the prison, I learned that all of Harry’s books had been withdrawn from school libraries throughout most of the country. This was the lowest blow so far. In less than two weeks, Harry had lost everything. He was now censored as an author, spurned as a professor, demonized by an entire nation. Irrespective of the outcome of the investigation and the trial, his name was now sullied forever; no one would ever be able to talk about his works without mentioning the huge controversy surrounding the summer he spent with Nola. This
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