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God is everywhere, sometimes in strange guises, in Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads

A protestant minister clings to prayer and the gospel; his wife and daughter have visions, while his son believes himself to be the Supreme Being

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  • Crossroads

    Jonathan Franzen

    4th Estate, pp. 580, £20

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