Chicago (29 page)
Authors: Brian Doyle
So Very Much the Best of Us
Reading in Bed
A Book of Uncommon Prayer
Children & Other Wild Animals
The Thorny Grace of It
Grace Notes
Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies
Spirited Men
Credo
Saints Passionate & Peculiar
Two Voices
(with Jim Doyle)
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BRIAN DOYLE
is the editor of
Portland Magazine
at the University of Portland and the author of twenty books of essays, fiction, poems, and nonfiction, among them the novels
Mink River, The Plover,
and
Martin Marten.
Honors for his work include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. He lives in Portland, Oregon. You can sign up for email updates
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CONTENTS
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin's Press.
CHICAGO.
Copyright © 2016 by Brian Doyle. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by Ervin Serrano
Cover photographs: man by Bloom Image / Getty Images; cityscape by Maksymowicz / iStock; sky by Flas100 / Shutterstock
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6â author.
Title: Chicago: a novel / Brian Doyle.
Description: First edition. | New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015043223| ISBN 9781250061997 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466868076 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Young menâIllinoisâChicagoâFiction. | Chicago (Ill.)âFiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Literary. | FICTION / Coming of Age. | GSAFD: Bildungsromans.
Classification: LCC PS3604.O9547 C49 2016 | DDC 813/.6âdc23
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http://lccn.loc.gov/2015043223
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First Edition: March 2016