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The Emerald Light in the Air

By Donald Antrim

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 176

In a debut story collection, Antrim's exacting prose chips away at the cockiness of his characters to expose their aching vulnerabilities and also a more authentic path forward.

— Hamilton Cain

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