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Five Books Making News This Week: Trilogies, Triumphs, and the Novel Trump Should Read
Jay McInerney, Colson Whitehead, Imbolo Mbue, and More
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Jane Ciabattari
| August 23, 2016
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Jane Ciabattari
| August 16, 2016
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| August 11, 2016
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