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In Believers: A Novella and Stories, Charles Baxter explores how belief influences people's lives through a collection of narratives featuring diverse characters grappling with love, safety, violence, life, and death. The stories, including “Reincarnation,” “The Next Building I Plan to Bomb,” “Time Exposure,” and “Saul and Patsy Are in Labor,” examine the transformative power and potential blindness that belief can bring. The book includes themes of violence and serious illness.