Like walking through a book that turned real.
Acknowledgments
To my son, John, whose Father’s Day gift of a homemade placemat sparked the book. To all of my family, who deal with my writing-generated preoccupations with grace and wit.
To Julia Wisdom and Anne O’Brien at Harper Collins, UK, who keep everything flowing. And to Robert Hunwick, who made me feel like the sole writer in his care.
Finally, to the marvellous folks at the Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency.
About the Author
J.A. KERLEY
J.A. Kerley worked in advertising and teaching before becoming a full-time novelist. He lives in Newport, Kentucky, but also spends a good deal of time in Southern Alabama, the setting for his Carson Ryder series, starting with The Hundredth Man. He is married with two children.
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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