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Interview: Building the bridge

After the smashing success of The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak spent more than a decade writing his new novel.

The name Markus Zusak may not ring a bell. But The Book Thief almost certainly will. Adapted into a film starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson in 2013, The Book Thief is the story of a young girl who learns to read from a Jewish refugee her family is hiding from the Nazis. It went on to be a best-seller. Now, more than a decade since its publication,

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