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The Book Show #1698 - Colum McCann

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published February 2, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST
Book cover for "Apeirogon"
Random House
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Random House

National Book Award–winning and bestselling author Colum McCann’s latest, "Apeirogon," is an epic novel rooted in the unlikely real-life friendship between two fathers who recognize the loss that connects them and their attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace.
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