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In much the same mood as McCarthy’s cataclysmic novel is Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, which tells the story of a young man who loses his parents and joins the circus. Gruen has carefully researched her material and displays behind-the-scene details of the misery of both animals and humans who are trapped in the world of cheaply run circuses.
Khaled Hosseini, known for his popular book The Kite Runner, has written another novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007). This one is set in Afghanistan and traces the lives of two women who learn to survive the...
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