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	» Zoli: A Novel
	Year: 2008 Subject: Rating: 80/100 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pages: 368 Binding type: Paperback Author: Robert Harris Synopsis: Colum McCann has captured it! Inspired by the life of Polish poet Papusza, Zoli (the name of the main character) is the tale of a Romani poet spanning WWII to the present day. Its somewhat complex structure, with multiple points of view and times and settings, would be a bit of a literary straggle in lesser hands, but McCann pulls it off. It is a large-hearted book, although not sentimental. At times painfully bleak, at others infused with gentle human beauty, it's a poetic novel, moving, haunting and unforgettable.