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Emily St. John Mandel's 'Exit Party' opens in the wake of a second American Civil War : NPR's Book of the Day

The novel follows Ari through a fractured America and a surveillance state, with doppelgangers, a civil war and climate catastrophe shaping the plot.

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Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel opens in the first spring after the collapse of the United States – and her protagonist, Ari, is on her way to a party. Exit Party is set in a new world emerging out of the chaos of a second American Civil War, one shaped by climate catastrophe and populated by doppelgangers. In today's episode, Mandel chats with Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon about counterlives, recognizing “good moments” amid disaster and how t…

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