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Book Review: Laurent Binet's historical mystery Perspectives plays with Renaissance art and artists

Book Review: Laurent Binet's historical mystery Perspectives plays with Renaissance art and artists

Straits Times26-04-2025

Perspectives
By Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor
Fiction/Harvill Secker/Paperback/264 pages/$32.19
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