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Book Review: 'Lightning'

by Alan Cheuse, NPR
June 30, 2011

Veteran French novelist Jean Echenoz knows genius when he sees it, says our book commentator Alan Cheuse. His new novel, called Lightning, is a brisk and enlightening fictional rendering of the life of the Balkan born, long-time American inventor Nikola Tesla.

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  • All Things Considered, June 30, 2011
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