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Mar 2024
51m 16s

Playing the Victim

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Andrew Boryga joins me at Black Forest in Downtown Brooklyn to discuss his debut novel Victim.


Follow Andrew @borywrites and purchase a copy of Victim https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725334/victim-by-andrew-boryga/

And read Stephen's review of Victim in The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/playing-the-victim/


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