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Book Review: New collaborative novel ‘Fourteen Days’ proves the pandemic couldn’t curb creativity

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Almost four years since COVID-19 became a household term, a new work of fiction proves that even a global pandemic can’t curb creativity.

“Fourteen Steps” is billed as a “collaborative novel.” Edited by and , the book was written by 36 and Canadian authors. Many of the names will be familiar to readers. In, Dave Eggers, John Grisham, Erica Jong, Celeste Ng, R.L. Stine and Scott Turow. Preston wrote the frame narrative that pulls the stories together into a novel with a plot, conflicts and a surprising resolution of its own.

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