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Will and I stayed on till late Sunday afternoon. We kept Devin’s secret. Laura asked me for a contribution, whatever I could afford, and I answered that I’d left my checkbook in Vieux Desert but would be sure to mail her and Charlie a few dollars. Then we left, arriving in town at nightfall. I took a walk on the jetty, a long steel-and-concrete finger poking into Vieux Desert bay. A light breeze blew, and a ridge of black cloud rimmed Lake Superior’s northern horizon. Snow was forecast for after midnight; it was probably snowing already on the Canadian shore, but the skies above me were clear for now. Orion glimmered in the east, and the Pleiades, visible to the naked eye, sparkled bright as ever.
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Equation for Evil
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PHILIP CAPUTO is an award-winning journalist—the co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize—and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Rumor of War, one of the most highly praised books of the twentieth century. His book The Longest Road was a New York Times bestseller. His novels include Acts of Faith, The Voyage, Horn of Africa, Crossers, and Some Rise by Sin. He and his wife, Leslie Ware, divide their time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Patagonia, Arizona. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Blockers
Grief
Dreamers
The Nature of Love on the Last Frontier
Lost
The Guest
Lines of Departure
Also by Philip Caputo
About the Author
Copyright
HUNTER’S MOON. Copyright © 2019 by Philip Caputo. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Title: Hunter’s Moon: a novel in stories / Philip Caputo.
Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018038302 | ISBN 9781627794763 (hardcover)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3553.A625 L56 2019 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.