Adultery & Other Choices (28 page)

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“An Afternoon with the Old Man” and “Andromache” were first published in
The New Yorker
; “Contrition” in
The North American Review
; “Cadence,” “The Bully,” and “Adultery” in
The Sewanee Review
(© 1974, 1975, 1977 by the University of the South); “Graduation” in
The New Dawn Magazine
; “The Shooting” in
The Carleton Miscellany
(© 1974 Carleton College); and “Corporal of Artillery” in
Ploughshares
.

copyright © 1977 by Andre Dubus

cover design by Alvaro Villanueva

ISBN: 978-1-4532-9970-8

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