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• “An intellectual thriller and a beautiful love story. Sure to establish Belfer as a fearless, provocative writer. Impossible to put down.”

  —Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants

• “The novel swells with life’s great themes — love and death, family and faith — and the insistent, dark music of loss.”

  —USA Today, four-star review

• “Dazzle[s] while delving into dark places.”

  —National Public Radio, “Fresh Air”

• “Provocative.”

  —The New Yorker

• “An immersive, page-turning story emboldened by historical fact and a rich imagination.”

  —Publishers Weekly

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