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Ilium by Lea Carpenter

Ilium

A Novel

by Lea Carpenter
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 16, 2024, 240 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Feb 2025, 240 pages
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Excerpted from Ilium by Lea Carpenter. Copyright © 2024 by Lea Carpenter. Excerpted by permission of Knopf. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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