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The Big Smoke

by Adrian Matejka

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The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka appears in NPR’s 2013 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, for history lovers, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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