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http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Not-Ourselves-Novel/dp/147675666X/?tag=viglink20362-20

Well, /lit/? Will you be among the first to read the greatest literary accomplishment of the 21st century (so far)? Apparently it had a million dollar advance in North America alone, so expect the hype to be grossly overblown.

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>>5311806
>"The Corrections. The Art of Fielding. Most years, there’s a mega-hyped American epic that’s heralded as a literary breakout. This year’s, a saga about an Irish-American family in Queens, is refreshingly unpretentious but packed with soul—and profoundly moving characters.”
>"Refreshingly unpretentious"
>The Corrections as Franzen's "breakout" novel.

All my keks.