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China Room: A Novel

by Sunjeev Sahota

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China Room: A Novel by Sunjeev Sahota appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, family matters, tales from around the world, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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