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'Tell The Machine' Is A Lucid Dream Of Sci-Fi Perfection

Katie Williams' debut novel follows a woman who works for a company that can tell you infallibly how to become happy — and a drifting group of characters who aren't really looking for happiness.
Source: Riverhead Books

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