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“It’s a strange, sparse little novel about a Jain family living in Luton, England, and grieving the death of their mother. The father and youngest daughter become fixated on the sport squash, spending hours training at a local sports centre every day, driving thoughts of death from their mind with a regimen of drills, ‘ghosting’, sprints, and increasingly desperate matches.” Read more...
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