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• Shrines of Gaiety

  a Novel

  Atkinson, Kate,

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  Plenty of posh and not-so-posh London accents.

• The Paris Wife

  a Novel

  McLain, Paula

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  Hemingway and first wife Hadley, before he was Papa, before he was famous and before...[SPOILER]

• Gods of Jade and Shadow

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  The roaring 20s meet Ancient Mexican folklore

• The Jazz Palace

  a Novel

  Morris, Mary, 1947-

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  The Jazz Age seen from the perspective of (fictional) musicians.

• Trust

  Díaz, Hernán, 1973-

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  Nothing succeeds like excess and there is plenty here.

• Dead Dead Girls

  Afia, Nekesa

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• Z

  a Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

  Fowler, Therese

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  Does the larger-than-life Ur-flapper Zelda Fitzgerald really need the fictional treatment? Yes. Yes, she does.

• The Master Butchers Singing Club

  Erdrich, Louise

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  Contrary to the popular image, The 1920s weren't all speakeasies and big city glam. The vast majority of Americans watched the era from places like Argus, North Dakota.

• The Last Nude

  Avery, Ellis

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  The next best thing to sipping Cafe au Lait by the Seine with cameos by many of the usual Paris expats and some unusual ones as well.