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American literature will be the special focus at this year's 19th Thessaloniki Book Fair on May 4-7, which will feature authors, translators and professionals from around 40 countries and a rich program of events.

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'The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between' by Hisham Matar (Penguin Random House, 280 pages, $26)