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Thurlow Dan, the founder of a successful cult that promises to cure loneliness, struggles with his own loneliness for his ex-wife, Esme, a covert agent spying on Thurlow who is preparing for a fateful mission against the cult.
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"Intricately imagined and timely . . . Maazel is an entertaining writer with a dry, droll sense of humor." —The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice* Shortlisted for the Believer Book Award * Fiona Maazel's Woke Up Lonely follows a cult leader, his ex-wife, and the four people he takes hostage. It's about loneliness in America, North Korea, espionage, a city underneath Cincinnati, cloud seeding, and eavesdropping. It's also a big, sweeping love story.
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