Ned Beauman’s Madness Is Better Than Defeat brings jungle fever to a story of cinema
The author's lustrous and smart fourth novel never quite coalesces into purposeful significance.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The author's lustrous and smart fourth novel never quite coalesces into purposeful significance.
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