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A Novel
by Joseph O'Neill
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Published Feb 2011
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by Don DeLillo
Published Dec 2010
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by Jonathan Lethem
Published Aug 2010
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by Colm Toibin
Published Mar 2010
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Published Feb 2010
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Published Jun 2007
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by Jonathan Safran Foer
Published Apr 2006
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by Ian McEwan
Published Apr 2006
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