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The Plague
The Plague | Kevin Chong
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A modern retelling of the Camus classic that posits its story of infectious disease and quarantine in our contemporary age of social justice and rising inequity.
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Cerebral and poignant, and written in a clinical style, this novel deals with death and dying, friendships, breakups, and how stressors impact people as a society. Though it drags at parts, I got a lot out of this. It doesn‘t push any particular ideology, but floats in this hazy, static gray area.

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Taylor
The Plague | Kevin Chong

“It‘s funny how time works. We‘re all worried about our lives being dramatically shortened, but in the meanwhile we just wait, playing video games.”

*Side note—I found this novel randomly at the bookstore, as I tend to do, and let me tell you, it is so good. Such a uniquely cerebral page turner.

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