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While I know the synopsis comes from the publisher, is it necessary for ŷ to refer to the undocumented immigrant protagonist as "illegal" in their description of the book?
Teik-Kim Pok The protagonist and other characters play with the notion of legality as daily existential reminder. For twenty years, which the book seems to reach b…mǰThe protagonist and other characters play with the notion of legality as daily existential reminder. For twenty years, which the book seems to reach back into, this practice of defining seeking asylum as a moral trangression has been a plaything by the Australian govt, and has been enthusiastically copied by ICE in the US (less)
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Amnesty
by Aravind Adiga
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