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Authors: Andy Abramowitz

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photograph © Caryn Abramowitz

A
ndy Abramowitz lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters. He is a lawyer with a past in music, but he has no musical legacy to correct. This is his first novel.

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Copyright © 2015 by Andy Abramowitz

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Abramowitz, Andy, author.

 Thank you, goodnight : a novel / Andy Abramowitz.—First Touchstone hardcover edition.

      pages cm

 “A Touchstone Book.”

 Summary: “Nick Hornby meets
Almost Famous
in this side-splittingly funny coming-of-middle-age debut novel about the lead singer of a one-hit wonder 90s band who tries for one more swing at the fences”—Provided by publisher.

   1. Singers—Fiction. 2. Musicians—Fiction. 3. Humorous stories. I. Title.

 PS3601.B7313T43 2015

 813'.6—dc23

                2014041615

ISBN 978-1-4767-9177-7

ISBN 978-1-4767-9179-1 (ebook)

Contents

Epigraph

Part One: The View from the Discount Rack

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Part Two: Excuse Me, Did I Ask You to Blow on My Food?

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Part Three: The Mix

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Part Four: El Farolito

Chapter 27

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

About the Author

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