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The Times' 20 best modern novels
7. 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger
Written as a metaphor for the author's fleeting failures in relationships, 'The Time Traveler's Wife' tells the tale of Henry, a man with a (very rare and very fictional) genetic condition that makes him vanish unexpectedly and travel through time, leaving his wife Clare to cope as well as she can.
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