He will get his paintings back. He will reschedule those gallery meetings, and any others that present themselves. He will find a pool and teach the boy to swim. He has waited long enough. It’s time to press PLAY, to let the game finish, see what happens. And if it’s going to be a disaster, then that’s what it’s going to be. He has survived worse. He is a survivor. It’s time he started acting like one.
And then the doors open, and he gets on.
About the Author
Noah Hawley is an Emmy, Golden Globe, PEN, Critic’s Choice, and Peabody Award–winning author, screenwriter, and producer. He has published four novels and penned the script for the feature film Lies and Alibis. He created, executive produced, and served as showrunner for ABC’s My Generation and The Unusuals and was a writer and producer on the hit series Bones. Hawley is currently executive producer, writer, and showrunner on FX’s award-winning series, Fargo.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Chapter 1
Part 1. Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Waves
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Injuries
Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Painting #1
Chapter 11: Storm Clouds
Chapter 12
Chapter 13: Orphans
Chapter 14: Painting #2
Chapter 15: Layla
Chapter 16: Ben Kipling
Chapter 17
Part 2. Chapter 18: Cunningham
Chapter 19: Funhouse
Chapter 20
Chapter 21: Threads
Chapter 22: Painting #3
Chapter 23
Chapter 24: Allies
Chapter 25: Rachel Bateman
Chapter 26: Blanco
Chapter 27: Painting #4
Chapter 28: Public / Private
Chapter 30: Imago
Chapter 31: Gil Baruch
Chapter 32: Countryside
Chapter 33
Part 3. Chapter 34: Screen Time
Chapter 35: James Melody
Chapter 36: The Blacks
Chapter 37: Emma Lightner
Chapter 38: Hurt
Chapter 39: Bullets
Chapter 40: Games
Chapter 41: Painting #5
Chapter 42: The History of Violence
Chapter 43: Charles Busch
Chapter 44: Flight
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Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by Noah Hawley
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