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A South American prison becomes a Hell on Earth
On Earth As It Is Beneath is a novel by Ana Paula Maia and is translated by Padma Viswanathan. It's one of the six books nominated for the 2026 International Booker Prize. An insane prison warder frees his own prisoners every full moon to hunt them to their deaths. Can a convicted hitman stop him?
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