Episode 21
#21 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
On this episode we discuss the Books & Boba Book Club pick for July 2017, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. A magical realism story about a couple coming together just as their city falls to civil war, how their relationship develops as they struggle as refugees in strange lands, and a world beset by magical doors.
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- Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
- Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
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The Books & Boba August 2017 pick is The Devotion of Suspect X by Keiko Higashino
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