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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one of America’s most provocative and powerful authors. Critics have compared him to Kurt Vonnegut, David Mitchell, and George Saunders, but Johnson’s new book will only further his reputation as one of our most original writers. Subtly surreal, darkly comic, both hilarious and heartbreaking, Fortune Smiles is a major collection of stories that gives voice to the perspectives we don’t often hear, while offering something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world. In six…
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8 editions · 3 languages- Other · English · 2016Transworld Publishers Limited · 320 pages · 9781784160463
- Other · English · 2016Random House Publishing Group · 9780812987232
- Other · English · 2016Cengage Gale · 372 pages · 9781410486073
- Other · English · 2015Fortune Smiles: StoriesDoubleday · 9780857522986
- Other · English · 2015Transworld Publishers Limited · 320 pages · 9781473510746
- Other · English · 2015Random House · 9780812997477
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