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" - The Paris Review

Marisha Pessl

and the mountains of waste piling up on the shores of developing countries

"A layered novel of many complex characters

The predominant image of this first world war is of mud and trenches

Acceptable Risk SS_Gift_Guide " - The Paris ReviewFor one journalist, the story of a lifetime is hitting too close to home Sarah Denning is a military journalist with the Army in the Middle East when she is taken hostage. When former Army Ranger Gavin Black is asked by his old unit commanderSarah's imposing fatherto plan an extremely risky rescue, he reluctantly agrees and successfully executes it. Back in the US, Sarah is livid when she's discharged on a false psychiatric evaluation and vows to