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Nobelist Ishiguro returns to familiar dystopian ground with this provocative look at a disturbing near future. Klara is an AF, or “Artificial Friend,” of a slightly older model than the current ...

Following the success of his first novel, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien began to embark on a sequel adventure, only to find that he was penning a tale that would grow in scale ...

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