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Saman: A very inaccurate synopsis

September 14, 2018September 17, 2018 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 4 Comments

Saman, Ayu Utami, 1998

Indonesia, #12
Kindle, $5 on Amazon.com
Read: June 2017
Rating: 3.5/5
Recommended for: I don’t even know

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It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post. Frankly it’s been a while since I read anything that wasn’t by NK Jemisin or Stephen King. But I still have all these books from Southeast Asia that I’ve read and haven’t written about, so I jumped back in with quick takes on a whole bunch of books from the Philippines, including this fantastic buddy-cop serial killer mystery starring two Jesuit priests.

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