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Ottessa Moshfegh's year of death and internet clout

Ottessa Moshfegh's new book, Lapvona, is her most gruesome and graphic work to date. Andrew Casey/Courtesy of Penguin Random House hide caption

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Ottessa Moshfegh's year of death and internet clout

The My Year of Rest and Relaxation author on feeling used, becoming an internet symbol for detachment, and how her new book has lightened her load of dead bodies.

Ottessa Moshfegh's year of death and internet clout

Ottessa Moshfegh's new book, Lapvona, is her most gruesome and graphic work to date. Andrew Casey/Courtesy of Penguin Random House hide caption

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Ottessa Moshfegh's year of death and internet clout

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