Dragonfish: A Novel (34 page)

Embry Clark, Jess McCall, Aimee Phan, Matt Shears, John Nardone, Jason Coley, Ingrid Truman, and Peyton Marshall—whose friendship has been a refuge.

All the generous and supportive people at the Whiting Foundation and the Vilcek Foundation.

And finally, Kate Hoctor, my best reader and my best friend, without whom so much of this book could not have been improved, figured out, or struggled through into the light of day.

Copyright © 2015 by Vu Tran

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Tran, Vu, 1975–

Dragonfish : a novel / Vu Tran. — First edition.

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ISBN 978-0-393-07780-3 (hardcover)

1. Vietnamese Americans—Fiction. 2. Criminals—Nevada—

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