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Satire in a Skittish Time
The satirist’s troubles begin with a bad review. Anna, the writer who narrates The Book of Ayn, has published a comic novel about the opioid crisis that a New York Times critic condemns as “classist.” The novel skewers Big Pharma execs and drug dealers as …