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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (left) is a dystopian horror story that does not seem all that far-fetched. PHOTOS: MASAAKI TOYOURA/RANDOM BOOKS

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Sep 16, 2019, 03:26 PM

THE MEMORY POLICE

By Yoko Ogawa

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