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Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman

How to pronounce Elif Batuman: EL-if BAH-tyooh-mahn

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  • David   Hopen

    David Hopen

    David Hopen is from Hollywood, Florida. He graduated from Yale College and earned his master's degree from the University of Oxford. The Orchard is his debut novel. (more)

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    by David Hopen

  • Pierre Bayard

    Pierre Bayard

    Pierre Bayard is a professor of French literature at the University of Paris VIII and a psychoanalyst. He is the author of Who Killed Roger Ackroyd, How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read, Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: ... (more)

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    The Possessed

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    How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
    by Pierre Bayard

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