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2021 selection · Fiction & literature
Edge Case: A Novel
Edge Case: A Novel by YZ Chin appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around identity & culture, fiction, the states we’re in, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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