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David Roberts's avatar

Asking for a friend whose first draft of a novel is set in 2012: What do you, the reviewer, mean by the below?

"He sets the bulk of The Sleepers in 2016, and that is his privilege, but sometimes I wished it were illegal to set novels in the “recent past.” Such books can arrive asking for a handout from a reader who knows better."

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Hudson Freeman's avatar

Loved this book and love Gasda, but this is a great review and genuinely, made me consider my reading quite a bit.

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