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Rachel Kushner's latest novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize, explores the relationship between an American spy and the suspected leader of a leftist commune in France.

Rachel Kushner talks “Creation Lake,” up for the Booker Prize

Rachel Kushner's latest novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize, explores the relationship between an American spy and the suspected leader of a leftist commune in France.

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