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Pachinko:

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"28 historical fiction books that will whisk you away to a different world," Business Insider, May 2022.

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"Understanding the Zeitgeist: Pachinko, Representation, and the Cultural Road Ahead," Sampan, April 2022.

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Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires featured on McKinsey's annual reading list, August 2021.

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"Pachinko-pilled" ("22 books we couldn't put down")Guardian Australia, June 2021.

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Ezra Klein and Elizabeth Warren recommend Pachinko," Ezra Klein Interviews Senator Elizabeth Warren" transcript, New York Times, May 2021.

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Selection for Harlem-based Sugarhill Creamery's virtual book club, March 2021.

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"25 Books About Immigration That Movingly Capture the Experience," Oprah Daily, July 2020.

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"Bookish Celebrities Share Their Top Reading Recommendations," Goodreads, May 2020.

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"12 must-read books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month," Business Insider, April 2020.

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"Best Books to Read if You're Dreaming of Japan," Conde Nast Traveler, March 2020. 

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"The Best Books for Distancing Yourself From Reality Right Now," Esquire, March 2020. 

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"13 Fiction Breakthroughs That Live Up to the Hype," Kirkus, 2020.


"Staff Picks," Paris Review, August 2019.

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President Obama Recommends Pachinko, May 2019.

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"The year in books: What Seattle Times arts writers read and loved in 2018," Seattle Times, December 2018.

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"Babe Ruth, the Beastie Boys, e-mail follies, and romance for today: Our staffers recommend the best reads of 2018," Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2018.

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"26 Books That Make You Want to Book a Trip ASAP," BuzzFeed, August 2018.

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Australia Bureau Chief Damien Cave recommends PachinkoNew York Times Australia Letter, August 2018.

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The Biblioracle recommends PachinkoChicago Tribune, July 2018.

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"Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers and cultural figures," The Guardian, July 2018.

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Bill Goldstein's Top 5 Books of 2017NBC New York, December 2017.

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"The Best Books, Shows, Films and Podcasts of 2017 for History Lovers," History Channel, December 2017.

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"NYPL's 10 Best Books of 2017," New York Public Library, December 2017.

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"The best books I read in 2017," Vox, December 2017.

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"Favorite Books of 2017," Read It Forward, 2017.

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New York Times Best Sellers, December 24, 2017.

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"The 10 best books of 2017," BBC Culture, December 2017.

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"The best international fiction of 2017," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, December 2017.

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"Electric Literature's 25 Best Novels of 2017," Electric Lit, December 2017.

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"Favorites of 2017: Pachinko," The Interpreter (Lowy Institute), December 2017.

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"Top 10 books of 2017," San Francisco Chronicle, December 2017.

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"The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List," LitHub, December 2017.

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"A Year in Reading 2017," The Millions, December 2017.

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"Best Books of 2017 – On Point Staff Picks," WBUR, December 2017.

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"Books for reading and gifting," Chicago Tribune, December 2017.

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"Best Books of 2017," The Brooklyn Rail, December 2017.

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"The fiction that got me through 2017," CNN, December 2017.

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"10 books we loved reading in 2017," USA Today, December 2017.

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"Best Books of 2017," NPR, December 2017.

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"Best Books of 2017," BookPage, December 2017.

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"The best 18 books of 2017," The Australian Financial Review Magazine, December 2017.

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"Take your pick from 2017's favourite page-turners," Irish Independent, December 2017.

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"Ten Books That Made 2017 More Bearable," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 2017.

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"The best books of the year," Irish Times, December 2017.

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"What have the great and the good been reading in 2017?", The Herald (Glasgow), December 2017.

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"Best books of 2017: critics' picks," Financial Times, December 2017.

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Vancouver Public Librarians Book Lists, Ottawa Citizen, 2017.

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"The 10 Best Books of 2017," New York Times Book Review, November 2017.

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Best Books of 2017: Top 25 FictionPublishers Weekly.

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"8 authors coming to the National Book Festival tell us the best thing they read this year," Washington Post, August 2017.

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"What We're Reading," New York Times Book Review Podcast, August 2017.

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"Pachinko review: a masterpiece of empathy, integrity and family loyalty," Irish Times, August 2017.

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"Pachinko review: Min Jin Lee's saga of Koreans in Japan is hard to put down," Sydney Morning Herald, August 2017.

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"Match Book" Recommends PachinkoNew York Times, August 2017.

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"Is Trump Ruining Book Sales?"New Republic, July 2017.

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"The Buzziest Books of 2017 So Far: Critical Linking," BookRiot.

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"The Buzziest Books of 2017 (So Far)," BookBub.

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British Airways High Life: Recommended Books

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Amazon Best Books of 2017 So Far

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"Best Books of 2017 (So Far)," BookRiot.

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"Trend report: 12 best novels about immigrants and refugees," BookPage, September 2017.

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"Best holiday reads 2017, picked by writers," The Guardian, July 2017.

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"What are Anne Enright, John Boyne and others reading this Summer?", Irish Times, July 2017.

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"What CEOs are reading in 2017," McKinsey & Company, June 2017.

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"Min Jin Lee's Pachinko: exiles' existence is all a game of chance," The Australian, June 2017.

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"NYC's Best Independent Booksellers Share Their Picks For Summer Reading," The Village Voice, June 2017.

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"Beach reads," World Magazine, May 2017.

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"Pachinko by Min Jin Lee tells the story of Koreans living in Japan," New Statesman, May 2017.

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"12 Titles to Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month," The Booklist Reader

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Washington Post Bestseller, May 2017.

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"A novel that asks: How do we forgive the ones we love?" Minnesota Public Radio News: Ask a Bookseller, May 2017.

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'This month's 3 best books," The Australian Financial Review Magazine, April 2017.

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"'Pachinko' by Min Jin Lee," Asian Review of BooksApril 2017.

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"New in fiction," People Magazine, April 2017.

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Review of Pachinko audiobookWashington Post, April 2017.

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"'Pachinko,' by Min Jin Lee," San Francisco Chronicle, March 2017. 

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"'Pachinko' is an intimate yet expansive immigrant story," The Michigan Daily, March 2017.

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"Emotional roots of Korean family's story resonate," Winnipeg Free Press, March 2017.

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"A story of survival against all the odds," Ilkley Gazette, March 2017.

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"Review: PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee," Ploughshares, March 2017.

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"Shadow of the stain," Times Literary Supplement, March 2017.

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"Pachinko by Min Jin Lee review – rich story of the immigrant experience," The Guardian, March 2017.

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"'Pachinko': Min Jin Lee writes the struggle of an ethnic Korean family in Japan," Japan Times, March 2017.

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"People Without a Home: On Min Jin Lee's 'Pachinko,'" The Millions, February 2017.

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"Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – everyday heroes," Financial Times, February 2017.

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Reviewed by Daily Mail (UK), February 2017.

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Interview on UK Publication Day, Foyles Bookstore, February 2017.

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Recommended by Vanity Fair, February 2017.

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"Five Books Making News This Week: Death, Dystopia, and Depression," LitHub, February 2017.

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"10 New Books We Recommend This Week," New York Times, February 2017.

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"16 Powerful, Important Books Written by Immigrant Authors," Elle, February 2017.

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Review in Fusion, 2017.

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Review in Newsday, February 2017.

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"Culture Clash, Survival and Hope in 'Pachinko,'" NPR Book ReviewFebruary 2017.

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"The Week in Reading: The Best New Book Releases for February 7, 2017," Newsweek, February 2017

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Review by Christine AnPaste Magazine, February 2017.

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"Bill Goldstein's Books for Sunday, Feb. 5," NBC, February 2017.

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"July's Book Club Pick: 'Pachinko,' by Min Jin Lee," New York Times Book Review, July 2017.

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"Amazon's Best Books of the Month," Business Insider, February 2017.

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"Book of the Month Club Selection," Book of the Month, February 2017.

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"The 50 Best Books of 2017," Esquire, December 2017.

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"12 Excellent Reads," Kirkus Reviews, February 2017. 

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Selected for Greenlight Bookstore First Editions Club 2017

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"Your Shelf Life: 5 Books to Read in February," San Diego Magazine, January 2017.

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"Historical fiction to sweep you to another time – from the 1930s to the 1980s," Toronto Star, January 2017.

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February 2017 TNB Book Club Selection, The Nervous Breakdown

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"The 32 Most Exciting Books Coming in 2017," BuzzFeed, January 2017.

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"Review: Min Jin Lee's epic Pachinko takes on the complex and fraught history of Korea and Japan," South China Morning Post Magazine, January 2017.

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"Most Anticipated Books of 2017," Book Riot, January 2017.

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"The 22 Most Anticipated Book Club Reads Coming in 2017," BookBub, January 2017.

 

"Top 10 Books of February 2017," The Canadian Library Association's Loan Stars Program

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"The 25 Most Anticipated Books by Women for 2017," Elle, January 2017.

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"Most Anticipated: The Great 2017 Book Preview," The Millions, January 2017.

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"100 Reasons It's Going to Be a Wonderful 2017," Daily Mail UK, December 2016.

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"21 of the Biggest Historical Fiction Releases Coming in 2017," BookBub, January 2017.

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Fiction editor Laurie Muchnick's "My Own Most-Anticipated List," Kirkus Reviews, January 2017.

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"50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2017," Nylon.

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"The February 2017 Indie Next List Preview," American Booksellers Association, December 2016.

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"Ten books to read in 2017," BBC, December 2016.

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Booklist starred review, December 2016.

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"Spring 2017 Announcements: Literary Fiction," Publishers Weekly, December 2016.

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"Best new books for 2017," Stylist (UK), 2017.

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Publishers Weekly, February 2017. 

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"The 10 Best New Books to Read This February," Chicago Review of Books, January 2017

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"50 Amazing New Books 2017," Parchment Girl, 2017.

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"Grace Talusan's 6 New Books from Diverse Voices," Vela Magazine, 2017.

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The Book Report Network: Hachette Book Club Brunch 2016, October 2016

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Library Journal Starred Review

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Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, February 2017

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FFFM Reviews

Free Food for Millionaires:

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"7 Books About Sad Girls in New York City," Electric Lit, September 2022.

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"12 Novels About Assistants Trapped in Jobs They're Too Good For," Electric Lit, July 2022.

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Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires featured on McKinsey's annual reading list, August 2021.

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"The Best Books to Read During The Coronavirus Pandemic, According to PEOPLE Editors," People Magazine, April 2020. 

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NYPL Book of the Day, April 2020.

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"10 best books to read to beat coronavirus boredom," NY Post, March 2020.

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Review of 10th Anniversary Edition of Free Food for MillionairesDaily Mail (UK), August 2017.

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"Book review: Min Jin Lee's Free Food for Millionaires, a modern-day Middlemarch but more fun, gets deserved re-release," South China Morning Post, August 2017.

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"What I'm Reading This Summer: Junot Díaz," The New Yorker, June 2011.

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"Immigrant writer comes in from the cold at last" (Melinda Harper), South China Morning Post, March 2009.

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Review by Melissa Katsoulis, The Times of London, July 2007.

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"Korean War (Liesl Schillinger)," New York Times, July 2007.

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"Trying on different hats," The Washington Times, June 2007.

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"The Observer (Francesca Segal)The Guardian, June 2007.

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"What to Read this Summer?" NPR, May 2007.

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USA TODAY, April 2007.

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