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Playground

by Richard Powers

Publication: First published 2024
ISBN: 9781324089391, 9781324086031, 9781420517576

Kirkus Fiction 2024 · Finalist

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Prize history

Booker Prize
2024

Longlist
Kirkus Prize for Fiction
2024

Finalist

Year-end lists

The Guardian, best books of 2024 No. 17
The New Yorker, best books of 2024 No. 149

Booker Prize 2024 longlist

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