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No Country for Love

by Yaroslav Trofimov

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No Country for Love by Yaroslav Trofimov appears in NPR’s 2024 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, staff picks, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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