Born Weird

by Andrew Kaufman

  The financial assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts, Lamport-Sheppard Productions and New Road Media.

  The infinite patience and indestructible honesty of Marlo Miazga. The best story I’ve ever read is the one we’re living.

  About the Author

  ANDREW KAUFMAN is the author of All My Friends Are Superheroes, The Tiny Wife and The Waterproof Bible. He was born in Wingham, Ontario, the birthplace of Alice Munro, making him the second-best writer from a town of 3,000. His work has been published in eleven countries and translated into nine languages. He is also an accomplished screenwriter and lives in Toronto with his wife and their two children.

  By the same author

  All My Friends are Superheroes

  The Waterproof Bible

  The Tiny Wife

  Copyright

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  First published in Great Britain by The Friday Project in 2013

  Copyright © Andrew Kaufman 2013

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  Source ISBN: 9780007441402

  Ebook Edition © January 2013 ISBN: 9780007441402

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