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Was ‘The Book of Mormon’ a Great American Novel?

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Mark Twain may have savaged its literary ambitions, but a new novel from Avi Steinberg tries to rescue Mormonism’s holy text by treating it like fiction.

Stefan Beck
Stefan Beck
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Stefan Beck

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