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5 fast reviews: Anne Enright, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Yukio Mishima, Bruce Pascoe & Tara June Winch
Sweet Bean Paste‘Sweet Bean Paste’ by Durian Sukegawa
Convenience Store Woman‘Convenience Store Woman’ by Sayaka Murata
The Boy in the Earth‘The Boy in the Earth’ by Fuminori Nakamura
Snow Country‘Snow Country’ by Yasunari Kawabata
Snakes & Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara‘Snakes and Earrings’ by Hitomi Kanehara
The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura‘The Gun’ by Fuminori Nakamura
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami‘What I Talk About When I Talk About Running’ by Haruki Murakami
Five Fast Reviews: Franco Berardi, Elena Ferrante, Helen Macdonald, Yukio Mishima and Elizabeth Von Arnim
‘Salad Anniversary’ by Machi Tawara
‘The Housekeeper and the Professor’ by Yoko Ogawa
‘Confessions’ by Kanae Minato
‘Malice’ by Keigo Higashino
‘Strange Weather in Tokyo’ by Hiromi Kawakami
‘Villain’ by Shuichi Yoshida
‘Salvation of a Saint’ by Keigo Higashino
‘Revenge’ by Yoko Ogawa
‘The Thief’ by Fuminori Nakamura
‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino
‘In Search of a Distant Voice’ by Taichi Yamada

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