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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

Rebecca Makkai Reads “The Plaza”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Untrusting Person of Margaret Allister

Ali baldwell was kidnapped at gunpoint outside Trinity School. His family paid a $20,000 ransom for his safe return. Margaret asked a librarian to help her find the roster of the USS Yorktown. No baldwell. Undoubtedly, Ali had sat out the war at some desk in New Jersey. She stood at the bar, angled out toward the crowd, as if she'd lost track of a friend. It wasn't 30 seconds before a dapper older man approached and asked if he could help her find it.

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