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<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-551213" alt="John Wayne filming scene from western &quot;The Undefeated&quot;" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MAC20_BOOKS_MAIN_CAROUSEL-e1400011287926.jpg" width="822" height="462" />BOOK REVIEWS
<a href="https://macleans.ca/?p=552517">The Transcriptionist</a>, by Amy Rowland. Reviewed by Julia McKinnell.
<a href="https://macleans.ca/?p=552523">John Wayne: The Life and Legend</a>, by Scott Eyman. Reviewed by Jaime J. Weinman.
<a href="https://macleans.ca/?p=552507">No Good Men Among the Living: America, The Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes</a>, by Anand Gopal. Reviewed by Michael Petrou.
<a href="https://macleans.ca/?p=550847">The Confabulist</a>, by Steven Galloway. Reviewed by Richard Warnica.
<a href="https://macleans.ca/?p=552513">Athens</a>, by James McGregor. Reviewed by Brian Bethune.
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