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The Roundtable

Emma Donoghue - The Paris Express

By Joe Donahue
Published March 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
Book cover for "The Paris Express" by Emma Donoghue
Simon & Schuster

Bestselling author Emma Donoghue’s new novel, “The Paris Express,” brings us to Autumn, 1895. Paris is as chaotic as it is glamorous, with industry and invention creating huge wealth and terrible poverty. One morning, an anarchist boards the ill-fated Granville-to-Paris express train, determined to make her mark on history.

[This is an encore airing of The Book Show 1916.]

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