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Book excerpt: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Por: CBS News Entertainment March 19, 2023

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Eleanor Catton's (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), the latest novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, is a thriller set in New Zealand pitting radical environmentalists and a scheming billionaire. Read an excerpt below: Prefer to listen?  has a 30-day free trial available right now. Mira's first thought, on coming... + full article



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