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Fiction

Paladin

(28,717 posts) Wed Jun 12, 2024, 02:24 PM Jun 2024

"Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!"

That's from "The Covenant of Water," Abraham Verghese's sublime, sizeable (700+ pages) 2023 novel about 20th-century life on the western coast of India. Highly recommended.

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"Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!" (Original Post) Paladin Jun 2024 OP

Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on hold at my local library. Listing said it was an..... EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #1

EarnestPutz

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1. Thanks for the recommendation. I just put it on hold at my local library. Listing said it was an.....