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A Year in Reading: Michael Bourne

How is it that Don Winslow is not a household name?

I’ve spent the last few years plowing through the Winslow oeuvre, including his masterly Cartel Trilogy, and wondering why I still get blank looks when I mention his name. Yes, he occasionally , and, yes, his books sell. But how can it be that, as I write this, umpteenth and are numbers one and two on the Bestsellers list for hardcover fiction while Winslow’s isn’t even among the top 15? How

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