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A "reminder of why we read fiction to begin with" (San Francisco Chronicle)

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How to Be Both it tells the story ofMAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST A novel all about art's versatility, borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double take. "Cements Smith's reputation as one of the finest and most innovative of our contemporary writers. By some divine alchemy, she is both funny and moving; she combines intellectual rigor with whimsy" The Los Angeles Review of Books One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century How to be both