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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Modern · Nonfiction, Essays, Politics

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions

by Valeria Luiselli
2016 · 128 pages · Nonfiction
60 Modern ★ 4.38 on Goodreads · 18K ratings
≈ 3 hours to read · about 6 days at 30 minutes a day

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On the Guardian 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. 4.38★ from 18K Goodreads ratings.

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  • Critics41 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
  • Readers76 out of 100 · counts 50%+44
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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