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2022 selection · Fiction & literature
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, funny stuff, the states we’re in, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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