For lending their eyes when no one else was looking: Steve Margulis, Tony Palermo, Michael Peterson, Chris Coleman, Alex Paknadel, William Vollmann and Jason Woliner.
For life, etcetera: Jim and Beverly Long, Bill and Betty Parsons, Mel and Jean Ireland, Don and Juanita Long.
For Twist-a-plots and comic books: Jaysen Long.
For putting up with me and sometimes even playing along: Devon Kurcina.
For invaluable support, and for Chantaclass="underline" The Clarkes—Keith, Margot, Liz, Anne, and Caro.
For making the world a better place: The Longs—Katie, Samantha, and Haley. The Kurcina—Dave. And Mackerel.
For lessons learned: Ron Loewinsohn, Clark Blaise, Bharati Mukherjee, Chris Nealon, Alyce Miller, Terri Parent, and Samrat Upadhyay.
For keen insight into nearly everything: Eli Horowitz.
For additional insight: Jordan Bass, Greg Larson, Jim Fingal, Mac Barnett, Caroline Loevner, Gabe Hudson, and Kevin Feeney.
For constant companionship and support; for providing the foundation on which this novel was built; for humor, love, and perpetual wit: my wife, Chantal Clarke.
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Copyright © 2006 by Dustin Long
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First published in 2006 by McSweeney’s Books, San Francisco
Printed in the United States of America
eBook ISBN-13: 978-1-5558-4864-4
Cover art by Josh Cochran
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