Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' RevolutionInstant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out. Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award winning author R. F. Kuang comes

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disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him

Ailey fights a battle for belonging that’s made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma

The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker

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