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“Friend. What a word. Most use it about those they hardly know. When it is a wondrous thing.” The 2024 Booker Prize longlist was announced on July 30th. Of the official “Booker Dozen,” I’d read only one: Percivall Everett’s James.  (Feel free to look back for that review.)  Prior to the announcement, I’d read anContinue reading “MY FRIENDS – Hisham Matar”