Gutshot Straight with Bonus Excerpt (29 page)

About the Author

Lou Berney
is an accomplished writer, teacher, and liar. His first novel,
Gutshot Straight
(William Morrow, 2010), was nominated for a Barry Award and named by Booklist as one of the best debut crime novels of the year. He is also the author of
The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories
, and his short fiction has appeared in publications such as
The New Yorker
,
Ploughshares
, and the
Pushcart Prize
anthology. He has written feature screenplays and created TV pilots for, among others, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Focus Features, ABC, and Fox. Currently he teaches writing at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University.

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Also by Lou Berney

The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories

Gutshot Straight

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

GUTSHOT STRAIGHT
. Copyright © 2010 by Lou Berney. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Berney, Louis.
    Gutshot straight / Lou Berney. — 1st ed.
        p. cm.
    ISBN 978-0-06-176604-6
    1. Ex-convicts—Fiction. 2. Crime—Fiction. I. Title. PS3552.E73125G88 2010
813'.54—dc22

2009025215

Excerpt from
Whiplash River
Copyright © 2012 by Lou Berney

Gutshot Straight with Bonus Excerpt Edition
9780062213228 June 2012

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