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In the highly-acclaimed writer of Atlas of Unknowns (“Dazzling. . . Among the most thrilling debut books since Zadie Smith’s White Teeth”—San Francisco Chronicle; “An amazement of the debut”—Junot Díaz), a bravura assortment of stories occur locations as diverse as London, Sierra Leone, and the American Area that catches the longing and dislocation of teenagers and girls round the world.   In “Lion and Panther in London,” a change-of-the-century Indian wrestler comes in London eager to show herself champ of the planet, simply to discover the town inexplicably missing of competitors.