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"A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich -- Julian Barnes's first novel since his best-selling, Booker Prize-winning The Sense of an Ending. 1936: Shostakovich, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, shot dead on the spot), he reflects...
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Foul Lady Fortune volume 1
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1931, Shanghai. Four years ago Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging -- and allows her to heal from any wound. Desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune.When the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest...
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