“In that case,” David says, “there’s someone I’d like you to meet.”
THE DOOR IS SLIGHTLY AJAR. David knocks anyway. When they enter, the man in the bed is half asleep, almost invisible beneath two heavy comforters. He sits up a little at the sight of visitors. His eyes are watery; they move and search; but as Ethan steps forward—saying to David a word he has not heard in a long time, in a way David can never remember hearing— asking, Dad?—they begin to focus.
Acknowledgments
Several people made this book possible by providing information, personal references, or both. Many thanks to Ben Mantell, Jonathan Steinberger, Nicole Klagsbrun, Loretta Howard, Stewart Waltzer, Jes Handley, Catherine Laible, Barbara Peters, Jed Resnick, and Saul Austerlitz.
As always, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Liza Dawson and Chris Pepe. Thanks also to Ivan Held, Amy Brosey, and everyone at Putnam.
Thanks to my parents and siblings.
I could not write anything without the ideas, support, and advice that my wife supplies, selflessly, day after day. Her name belongs on the cover as much as mine.
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THE GENIUS
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