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Jonathan Cape, an inprint of Vintage, Penguin Random House has acquired the biography of frontman of Bright Eyes and indie ...

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Han Kang, first South Korean author to be awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, previously won International Booker for her novel The Vegetarian, which was key to opening global doors for her.

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