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In 'The Guest,' a sex worker wreaks havoc on the glitzy social scene at the Hamptons

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Emma Klein's the Girls

Emma Klein's second novel follows her barnstormer hit of a first novel, The Girls. Her main character Alex is a 22-year-old sex worker trying to leave that life behind. "I think I was interested in a character who in some ways was extremely perceptive about the world around her," she says.

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