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The Trackers by Charles Frazier review – on the run in Depression-era US

The eminently first-world problem that can come from having a literary smash hit is that every book you write subsequently has to live within its shadow. The American writer Charles Frazier was in his late 40s when, in 1997, he published his debut novel, , about a confederate army deserter during the civil war starring Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. In the 26 years since, Frazier has published only three further books – , and – none of which scaled similar heights.

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