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The Wager - David Grann

From the writer of Killers of the Flower Moon, comes a story of shipwreck and societal breakdown in a darkly ironic tale of British colonizing force

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May 16, 2023
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Book Review: 'The Wager,' by David Grann - The New York Times

Settle in to yer club-chairs ye lads and dads for a briny tale of scurvy, dead reckoning navigation, and societal breakdown. Grann (Killers of the Flower Moon, Lost City of Z) is back with another Da…

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