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2019 selection · Mystery & crime

A Friend Is A Gift You Give Yourself: A Novel

by William Boyle

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

A Friend Is A Gift You Give Yourself: A Novel by William Boyle appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around mysteries & thrillers, seriously great writing, funny stuff, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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