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A good pick for readers who enjoy reflective coming-of-age fiction that combines humor, fly fishing, and spirituality.
The River Why
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age
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Gus Orviston leaves his eccentric family for a remote Pacific Northwest cabin, hoping to devote himself to fly fishing for steelhead. His pursuit leads to unexpected experiences and questions about love, nature, and his place in the world. A good pick for readers who enjoy reflective coming-of-age fiction that combines humor, fly fishing, and spirituality.
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The classic novel of fly fishing and spirituality republished with a new Afterword by the author.
Since its publication in 1983, The River Why has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters.
Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences.
Profoundly reflective about our connection to nature and to one another, The River Why is also a comedic rollercoaster. Like Gus, the reader emerges utterly changed, stripped bare by the journey Duncan so expertly navigates.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy literary love stories and multigenerational family sagas.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Indian Fiction
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“A magnificent saga.” That’s how The Washington Post describes this New York Times bestseller about Sonia, an aspiring novelist, and Sunny, a struggling journalist, whose grandparents once tried to matchmake them. As their lives intersect across India and America, they confront family expectations, questions of belonging, and their uncertain future together. Ideal for readers who enjoy literary love stories and multigenerational family sagas.
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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
ONE OF PEOPLE’S TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR
BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST
KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST
MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR, Time, Oprah Daily, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Economist, Harper’s Bazaar, The Globe and Mail, BBC, New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Library Journal, Libby, Chicago Public Library, Lit Hub
A LIBBY BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • ONE OF BOOKPAGE’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years—an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize–winning author of The Inheritance of Loss
“A transcendent triumph . . . not so much a novel as a marvel.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“A magnificent saga.”—Washington Post
“Lavish, funny, smart, and wise, this is a novel that will last.”—The Boston Globe
“A spectacular literary achievement. I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever.”—Ann Patchett
“A novel so wonderful, when I got to the last page, I turned to the first and began again.”—Sandra Cisneros
“Devastating, lyrical, and deeply romantic . . . an unmitigated joy to read.”—Khaled Hosseini
“A masterpiece.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“A sweeping page-turner, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story for a modern, globalized age.”—Publishers Weekly (Top 10 New Fall Books)
When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.
Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.
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A strong fit for readers who enjoy crime thrillers about money, power, and the darker side of American life.
Fools Die
Literary Fiction · Thriller
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Called “A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour” by Library Journal, this thriller from the bestselling author of The Godfather follows brothers Merlyn and Arite through high-stakes gambling, publishing, and Hollywood, where organized crime and the law are closely intertwined. A strong fit for readers who enjoy crime thrillers about money, power, and the darker side of American life.
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“A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour (Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Godfather.
Played out in the underground worlds of high-stakes gambling, publishing, and the film industry, this epic thriller follows two brothers, Merlyn and Arite, as they delve into the dangerous underbelly of American life. From Las Vegas to New York to Hollywood, there is one thing that remains constant: organized crime and the law are simply two sides of the same coin...
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A good pick for readers who enjoy witty literary fiction about family, reinvention, and the power of stories.
Country People
Literary Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick, called “witty and gorgeous” by The Guardian, Country People follows Miles Krzelewski to Vermont when his wife accepts a visiting professorship. Hoping to get his life back on track, he instead gets drawn into eccentric friendships and a local legend that may be true. A good pick for readers who enjoy witty literary fiction about family, reinvention, and the power of stories.
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont)—a “witty and gorgeous” (The Guardian) novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods
“Charming . . . There’s so much fine, freewheeling observation and pillowy erudition here, it’s tempting just to sink in.”—The New York Times
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he’s become a disappointment to his family. So when his wife, Kate, accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the faraway forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life.
But Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, one who possesses, in Kate’s words, a great capacity “to fall in with anyone, anywhere.” And no sooner does he arrive than he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales, from a ghostly tree surgeon to a scythe-mad biochemist, from a Shakespearean temptress to a photographer of snowflakes obsessed with chronicling, on thousands of index cards, the world’s delusions in an Inventory of Wrong Ideas.
The new friends, the enchanted woods, the histories: sure, no PhD, but all good fun. Until Miles stumbles upon a bizarre—perhaps ridiculous—local legend, which, he soon suspects, might not be just a legend after all.
Joyous, absurd, and life-affirming, Country People is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.
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A good pick for readers who like contemporary fiction about first loves, hometown ties, and complicated romantic choices.
Love You More
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller, Love You More drew this comparison from The New York Times Book Review: “Remember Sweet Home Alabama? Giffin has given us a modern Midwestern update of that classic story.” Newly engaged New York doctor Billie hears from Mick, her high-school sweetheart, for the first time in nearly a decade. His urgent news sends her back to Wisconsin to reconsider her past and the future she’s planned with Dean. A good pick for readers who like contemporary fiction about first loves, hometown ties, and complicated romantic choices.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman is newly engaged to a man she adores when she receives a call from her first love with news that shatters her carefully ordered world, in this emotionally powerful novel from the author of All We Ever Wanted, The Lies That Bind, and The Summer Pact.
"Remember Sweet Home Alabama? Giffin has given us a modern Midwestern update of that classic story.”—The New York Times Book Review
Billie has built the perfect life. Her medical practice in New York City is thriving, and she’s finally found the right partner in Dean after years spent trying to move on from her high-school sweetheart, Mick. Their young love had been intense and true, but distance and ambition pulled them apart when she left Wisconsin for medical school.
Then one morning, just after she’s accepted Dean’s romantic marriage proposal, Billie’s phone rings. It’s Mick—calling for the first time in nearly a decade. His news is urgent and in a moment, everything changes.
As Billie boards a plane back to Wisconsin, her past comes rushing in—her hometown friendships, the love she and Mick shared, and the choices that shaped them all. What awaits her is a reckoning with what she’s lost, what she’s built, and what she still wants.
Gripping and deeply moving, Love You More is a story about the plot twists life throws at us—and how love, in all its forms, has the power to change everything.
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This will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction about utopian communities, belonging, and coming of age.
Arcadia
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Historical Literary Fiction
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Called “Beautifully crafted” by Booklist, Arcadia follows Bit, who grows up in a 1970s commune in western New York, deeply attached to its residents and agrarian life. As the community rises and falls, he must eventually find his place in the world beyond Arcadia. This will appeal to readers who enjoy literary fiction about utopian communities, belonging, and coming of age.
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From the bestselling author of Fates and Furies comes a gripping, romantic, and tragic tale of trying to achieve utopia.
"Beautifully crafted." —Booklist
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what would become a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.
Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, a musician and the group's charismatic leader; Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, the book's protagonist, Bit, who is born soon after the commune is created.
While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. If he remains in love with the peaceful agrarian life in Arcadia and deeply attached to its residents—including Handy and Astrid's lithe and deeply troubled daughter, Helle—how can Bit become his own man? How will he make his way through life and the world outside of Arcadia where he must eventually live?
With Arcadia, Lauren Groff establishes herself not only as one of the most gifted fiction writers at work today but also as one of our most accomplished literary artists.
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A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
Burn Down Master’s House
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · People of Color
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An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Burn Down Master's House follows Luke and Henri, two enslaved men seeking escape from a Virginia plantation, and others whose acts of resistance challenge slavery across the American South. Inspired by true stories, the novel also follows Josephine's quiet defiance and Charity Butler's fight for freedom through the courts. A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fiction about enslavement, rebellion, and the pursuit of freedom.
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Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they.
Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty. And sure as the fires of hell, Luke and Henri will leave their mark, sparking resistance among the lives they touch…
One is Josephine, a young, sharp, and observant girl who wields silence as her greatest weapon. A witness to Luke and Henri’s resilience, she listens, watches, waits for the moment to make her move.
Then there is Charity Butler, her husband a formerly enslaved man who proved his ferocity as a young boy standing alongside Josephine. At his encouragement, Charity fights for her freedom in court and wins – only to battle a deeply unjust system designed to destroy the life they’ve built.
And finally, there is Nathaniel, who ruthlessly exploits other Black people and mirrors the cruelty of the white men who, like him, are enslavers. A perversion of the system of slavery, his fragile and contradictory rule will become a catalyst of its own.
Inspired by the true stories of the profoundly courageous men and women who dared to fight back, Burn Down Master’s House is a singular tour de force of a novel—breathtaking in scope, compassion, and a timeliness that speaks powerfully to our present era.
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A strong match for readers drawn to bleak post-apocalyptic fiction about survival and the bond between father and son.
The Road
Dystopian · Literary Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic
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A Pulitzer Prize winner and national bestseller, The Road was called “gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful” by the San Francisco Chronicle. It follows a father and son traveling through a burned America toward the coast, scavenging for food and avoiding lawless bands as they struggle to survive. A strong match for readers drawn to bleak post-apocalyptic fiction about survival and the bond between father and son.
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive that “only adds to McCarthy’s stature as a living master. It’s gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful” (San Francisco Chronicle).
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
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Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
The Queen’s Spy
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · Historical Romance
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Called “Utterly beautiful, a real page turner!” in a reader review, The Queen’s Spy moves between 1584, when Queen Elizabeth I’s apothecary Tom serves as a silent spy amid a plot against the throne, and 2021, when Mathilde inherits an English hall hiding secrets. Ideal for readers who like dual-timeline historical fiction, Tudor intrigue, and family mysteries.
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A perilous mission. An unforgivable betrayal. A secret lost in time…
1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.
There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…
2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.
Just like Mathilde, the medieval hall she inherits conceals secrets, and she quickly makes a haunting discovery. Can she unravel the truth about what happened there all those years ago? And will she finally find a place to call home?
Enchanting and gripping, The Queen’s Spy effortlessly merges past with present in an unforgettable tale of love, courage and betrayal – perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Kathryn Hughes.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy multigenerational family sagas about identity, complicated relationships, and long-hidden secrets.
These Ghosts Are Family
Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction · People of Color
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Called a “rich, ambitious debut novel” by The New York Times Book Review, These Ghosts Are Family follows Abel Paisley, a Jamaican man who faked his own death and assumed his best friend’s identity. Thirty years later, his firstborn daughter unknowingly arrives to care for the father she believes is dead. Spanning generations from colonial Jamaica to present-day Harlem, the novel explores the consequences of Abel’s choices and their impact on a family shaped by slavery, migration, infidelity, and loss. A strong match for readers who enjoy multigenerational family sagas about identity, complicated relationships, and long-hidden secrets.
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PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel Finalist
Shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
A “rich, ambitious debut novel” (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Stanford Solomon’s shocking, thirty-year-old secret is about to change the lives of everyone around him. Stanford has done something no one could ever imagine. He is a man who faked his own death and stole the identity of his best friend. Stanford Solomon is actually Abel Paisley.
And now, nearing the end of his life, Stanford is about to meet his firstborn daughter, Irene Paisley, a home health aide who has unwittingly shown up for her first day of work to tend to the father she thought was dead.
These Ghosts Are Family revolves around the consequences of Abel’s decision and tells the story of the Paisley family from colonial Jamaica to present-day Harlem. There is Vera, whose widowhood forced her into the role of a single mother. There are two daughters and a granddaughter who have never known they are related. And there are others, like the houseboy who loved Vera, whose lives might have taken different courses if not for Abel Paisley’s actions.
This “rich and layered story” (Kirkus Reviews) explores the ways each character wrestles with their ghosts and struggles to forge independent identities outside of the family and their trauma. The result is a “beguiling…vividly drawn, and compelling” (BookPage, starred review) portrait of a family and individuals caught in the sweep of history, slavery, migration, and the more personal dramas of infidelity, lost love, and regret.
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A great pick for readers who enjoy creature thrillers, dangerous wildlife, and Jurassic Park-style suspense.
The Great Zoo of China
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Action Thriller
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From #1 internationally bestselling author Matthew Reilly comes an action-packed thriller in which the Chinese government prepares to unveil a secret it has kept for forty years: dragons are real. Dr. Cassandra Jane “CJ” Cameron, a National Geographic writer and reptile expert, joins a select group of visitors at a massive zoo where the creatures are supposedly perfectly safe. A great pick for readers who enjoy creature thrillers, dangerous wildlife, and Jurassic Park-style suspense.
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From #1 internationally bestselling author Matthew Reilly—the action-packed thriller in the blockbuster and bestselling tradition of Jurassic Park!
It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years. They have proven the existence of dragons—a landmark discovery no one could ever believe is real, and a scientific revelation that will amaze the world. Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing findings within the greatest zoo ever constructed.
A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see these fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr. Cassandra Jane “CJ” Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on reptiles. The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will be struck with wonder at these beasts, that the dragons are perfectly safe, and that nothing can go wrong. Of course it can’t...
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Called “tough love at its finest” by Booklist in a starred review, this humorous novel is a great fit for readers who enjoy contemporary fiction about family, fresh…
Limelight
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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After moving her family from suburban Dallas to Manhattan, Allison Brinkley finds herself overwhelmed by city life, a lost job, and an unexpected encounter with Carter Reid, a famous teenage pop star preparing for Broadway. Their unlikely connection opens the door to an opportunity that helps Allison find her footing in New York. Called “tough love at its finest” by Booklist in a starred review, this humorous novel is a great fit for readers who enjoy contemporary fiction about family, fresh starts, and unexpected friendships.
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In a smart and funny novel by the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed “big-hearted, charming” (The Washington Post) Small Admissions, a family’s move to New York City brings surprises.
Allison Brinkley—wife, mother, and unflappable optimist—discovers that her decision to pack up and move her family from suburban Dallas to the glittery chaos of Manhattan may have been more complicated than she and her husband initially thought. New York is more unruly and bewildering than she expected, defying the notions she developed from romantic movies and a memorable childhood visit. After a humiliating call from the principal’s office and the loss of the job she was counting on, Allison begins to accept that New York may not suit her after all.
When she has a fender-bender, witnessed by a flock of mothers at her son’s new school, she is led to the penthouse apartment of a luxurious Central Park West building and encounters a spoiled, hungover, unsupervised teenager who looks familiar. It doesn’t take long to recognize him as Carter Reid—a famous pop star who has been cast in a new Broadway musical. Through this brush with stardom, Allison embraces a unique and unexpected opportunity that helps her find her way in the heart of Manhattan.
“A tribute to Broadway, teen celebrity life, and a mother who has now seen it all, this work is tough love at its finest and a great read for those wanting a ride on the wild side” (Booklist, starred review).
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