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Book review: ‘Remember Ben Clayton’ by Stephen Harrigan

This earnest, well-meaning novel begins with two magnificently compelling depictions of violence: the battle for a small French village during World War I and, shortly after, the racist hysteria of a lynch mob in Nebraska. Stephen Harrigan handles these scenes with immaculate detail, an acute ear for fear and cruelty, and an eye for the unpredictability of human behavior in moments of passion.

 

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