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Severance

By Ling Ma

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Tags: Fiction Humor

Ma's capitalist dystopia imagines a country decimated by Shen Fever, which infects its victims with a kind of terminal nostalgia. In this satirical, brilliantly crafted debut, protagonist Candace must choose whether to throw in with a band of hard-hearted survivalists or take her chances solo.

— Claire Luchette

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