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The Idiot

A Novel

by Elif Batuman

423 pages · 2018

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017. "An addictive, sprawling epic; I wolfed it down." -Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man and It Chooses You. "Easily the funniest book I've read this year." -GQ. A portrait of the artist as a young woman. A novel about not just discovering but inventing oneself.[Bokinfo]

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