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Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

Jonathan Franzen, Helen Garner, Kazuo Ishiguro and other leading writers from home and abroad give thanks for the books that got them through a difficult year.

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