Colum McCann’s Thirteen Ways of Looking seeks mental depth cameras can’t see
This new short story collection approaches the subject of trauma from a number of angles.
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Philip Maughan
Philip Maughan is an editor at 032c magazine and former assistant editor at the New Statesman.
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