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Audition
Katie Kitamura
★★★★· Published 2025· 197 pages· read 2025
An actress, a young man who may or may not be her son, and two versions of reality that refuse to line up. Slippery and unsettling in the best way, and no surprise it made the Booker shortlist.
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