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Paladin

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Wed Jun 12, 2024, 03:24 PM Jun 2024

"Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!"

That's from "The Covenant of Water," Abraham Verghese's sublime, sizeable (700+ pages) 2023 novel about 20th-century life on the western coast of India. Highly recommended.

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"Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!" (Original Post) Paladin Jun 2024 OP
Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on hold at my local library. Listing said it was an..... EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #1
 

EarnestPutz

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1. Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on hold at my local library. Listing said it was an.....
Wed Jun 12, 2024, 03:34 PM
Jun 2024

.....Oprah Book Club recommendation, for what that is worth.

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