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The Line

by Olga Grushin

The Line

Hardcover, 322 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $25.95 | purchase

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When rumors about an exiled composer's return to Moscow for a farewell symphony spark power abuses among officials and bureaucrats, a disparate gaggle of strangers evolves into a community of friends bonded by long-buried memories.

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