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Oct 5, 2018

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Atkinson talks about her new novel, and Shane Bauer discusses "American Prison."

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Oct 5, 2018

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.

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