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Paddy’s favorite books

Regeneration by Pat Barker Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Margrave Taylor Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Koran by Michael A. Cook The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers by Henry James Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
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