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The Mutual Friend: A Novel
Carter Bays2022 selection · Fiction & literature
The Mutual Friend: A Novel
The Mutual Friend: A Novel by Carter Bays appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around funny stuff, rather long, fiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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