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Viking

9780593489505

STARRED REVIEW
Historical Fiction

In the Upper Country

By Kai Thomas

Kai Thomas’ debut novel is written with great power and a beautifully heightened eloquence that calls to mind the exhortations of the old abolitionists.

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Review of ‘In the Upper Country’

To remember is not just to recall a thing. Remembering can be a way of putting things back together, in the way that dis-membering is to take them apart. Kai Thomas’ stellar novel, In the Upper Country, is all about this sort of re-membering. It’s inspired by the true stories of formerly…

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