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Fortinbras: Mais qui a tué Hamlet?

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Episode 19 of Not an Exit — "The Police of Cancelled Crimes" — is live on Substack.
A woman wakes on a London train with her bag half-open. The book she was reading is gone. The postcard tucked inside is gone too.
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Weekly serialised literary fiction. Previous episode: "Nothing Is What I Need".

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