TIM O’BRIEN
In the Lake of the Woods
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First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 1995
First published in the USA by
Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence 1994
Copyright © Tim O’Brien 1994
The Author asserts the moral right to be
identified as the author of this work
Portions of this book have appeared, in substantially different form,
in The Atlantic Monthly, Boston Magazine and Esquire
The author is grateful for permission to quote from the following:
‘Shame’ by Robert Karen, Copyright © 1992 by Robert Karen, as first published in The Atlantic Monthly, February 1992; ‘Homeless My Lai Vet Killed in Booze Fight,’ from the Boston Herald, September 14, 1988, reprinted with permission of the Boston Herald.
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FOR KATE
Although this book contains material from the world in which we live, including references to actual places, people, and events, it must be read as a work of fiction. All dialogue is invented. Certain notorious and very real incidents have been altered or reimagined. John and Kathy Wade are creations of the author’s imagination, as are all of the characters who populate the state of Minnesota and the town of Angle Inlet in this novel.
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