The Correspondent: The Story Behind the Unexpected Bestseller Everyone is Reading
The Correspondent, an epistolary novel by debut author Virginia Evans, has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon, rising to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and selling over 2 billion copies despite a quiet initial release. The novel, told entirely through letters and emails, fol
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