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She received the 2002 penfaulkner award and the orange prize for fiction in the same year, for her novel bel canto. Ann patchett is the author of seven novels, the patron saint of liars, taft, the magicians assistant, bel canto, run, state of wonder, and commonwealth. Annick swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. Buy a cheap copy of state of wonder book by ann patchett. Ten years ago ann patchett wrote herself onto the literary map when she took us to south america in bel canto, a novel that improbably. State of wonder starts with the death of anders eckman, a research doctor for pharmaceutical company vogel.
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