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Mohsin Hamid Reads “The Face in the Mirror”

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

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Andrews's Sense of Threat

Anders felt vaguely menace as he went around town, which he did as little as he could manage. He wore a hoody, his face invisible from the sides; if it had been colder on those glorious early autumn days, he would have worn gloves. Anders put off telling his father why? And when this happened, anders would look quickly away. Almost as disturbing as seeing some one he recognized was the feeling of being recognized by some one he did not himself recognize.

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