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Saturday, 12 November 2011

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks

The fourth in my series on overlooked American novels for The Guardian's Books section.
Posted by Tom at 03:37
Labels: affliction, cloudsplitter, continental drift, great american novel, guardian, rule of the bone, russell banks, sweet hereafter

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