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Portrait of an artistic provocateur: Blue Ruin, by Hari Kunzru, reviewed

A once fashionable YBA now scraping a living in America meets old friends by chance, prompting a deep dive into memory

Hari Kunzru. [Getty Images]
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  • Blue Ruin

    Hari Kunzru

    Scribner, pp. 257, £20

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