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Is There a Society Unnamed?
The novel, i think, was jestating for the last 20 years. Andrers worked at a gem as des una, who as oge istructor. Things immediately get different there, too, don't they? Mn, andrews goes to work, and he's well liked, but he finds that people are looking at him differently. And so you see the rise of these armed militias and people who are arming themselves against the militias. Why is the society unnamed? It's none of my business. In a senseit's the book you've writtenbut noit is very much your business, and it's the reader's business.
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