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2023 selection · Mystery & crime
Old God's Time
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry appears in NPR’s 2023 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around fiction, seriously great writing, the dark side, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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