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					Originally Posted by  BenG
					 
				 
				Think of it as Science Fiction. It did win the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel published in 2016. It's an alternate history where the underground railroad was a literal railroad. So yes, liberties were taken.    
			
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 It also won the  Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel and the  National Book Award for Best Novel.
		  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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