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44 NEWSWEEK.COM OCTOBER 18, 2019
Quichotte
By Salman Rushdie
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parallel lives of Duchamp
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the crusade of love.Old Bones
By Douglas Preston
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of characters spin off in
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investigates a series of
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science and suspense.The Shadow King
By Maaza Mengiste
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An historical novel that takes place
in 1930s Ethiopia, The Shadow
King spotlights the female soldiers
who took up arms in World War
II. In haunting and beautiful prose,
Mengiste shines a light on those
whose lives are not often heralded.Turbulence
By David Szalay
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This slim volume spans
the globe via a series of
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and elegant writing.The Most Fun We Ever Had
By Claire Lombardo '28%/('$<ʖ
David and Marilyn have been
married forever; four kids and
decades later, they’re still as in love
as the day they met. Lombardo
paints an extraordinary picture of a
family in what could well be one of
the best novels published this year.The Sweetest Fruits
By Monique Truong
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retelling of the life of
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his peripatetic days
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three women who
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