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Dec 2019
1h 42m

Daniel José Older : The Book of Lost Sai...

David Naimon, Tin House Books
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“Older’s spellbinding novel is a fever dream full of magic and loss, wickedness and grace, faith and love, spirit and power.” —Marlon James;  “A lyrical, beautiful, devastating, literally haunting journey of assimilation, resistance, and family. Older just gets better and better.” —N.K. Jemisin

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