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Darktown: A Novel

by Thomas Mullen

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Darktown: A Novel by Thomas Mullen appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, book club ideas, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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