A Weekend in New York: an over-crowded and confusingly transatlantic novel
This book is like a party so loud and crowded you leave without a single memorable conversation.
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Lionel Shriver is an author and journalist whose work includes the 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. She is also a columnist for the Guardian.
This book is like a party so loud and crowded you leave without a single memorable conversation.
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