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Foreign Gods, Inc.
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Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe appears in NPR’s 2014 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, tales from around the world, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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