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Blood Test: A Comedy
Charles Baxter2024 selection · Nonfiction
Blood Test: A Comedy
Blood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter appears in NPR’s 2024 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, funny stuff, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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