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Illustrations for The Washington Post Book World section for reviews written by Ron Charles.

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‘Open Throat’ is the year’s best novel narrated by a queer mountain lion

In Dunya Mikhail’s ‘The Bird Tattoo,’ Iraqi women are sold as slaves

In Hernan Diaz’s ‘Trust,’ the rich are not like you and me

‘Land of Milk and Honey’ is a gourmand’s dream, and nightmare

‘Mercy Street’ may be the last novel about abortion before Roe v. Wade is dismantled

Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘The Books of Jacob’ is finally here. Now we know why the Nobel judges were so awestruck.

In ‘The Fortune Men,’ a corrupt legal system frames an innocent man

Paul Murray’s ‘The Bee Sting’ reads like an instant classic

‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels

The Washington Post · Book World

Published: November 14th 2021

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