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Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY...

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The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers...

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THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLER 'Magnificent - deeply moving' Sunday Times 'Engrossing, moving, and unforgettable' The Times...

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Minor Detail revolves around a brutal crime committed one year after the War of 1948,...

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Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian-but not an historian...

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Architect Carmine and translator Ivana were once lovers. Their child died and their relationship ended...

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