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{"id":7316627161191,"title":"The Emperor Of Gladness","handle":"on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-copy","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780593580288 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE INSTANT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Some of the most beautiful writing I’ve experienced in my lifetime’ Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Read it slowly. 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