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Novels by Carl Hiaasen and John le Carré take different approaches to our current political moment

September 28, 2020June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

Fictionalizing the geopolitics of the past four years throws up challenges for novelists in how to treat a reality that is often stranger than fiction.

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