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Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyagoda review – a campus satire for this moment of crisis

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This propulsive, globe-trotting tale brilliantly skewers the corruption and corporatisation of higher education It’s no secret that academia is on the blink; Canadian author Randy Boyagoda’s new novel, which is equal parts satire, dystopia and exposé, tells the story of all that’s wrong, glitchy and broken. Set across Sri Lanka…
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Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyagoda review – a campus satire for this moment of crisis
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