by Jesse Ball
A VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES ORIGINAL, SEPTEMBER 2007
Copyright © 2007 by Jesse Ball
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York,and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ball, Jesse, 1978–
Samedi the deafness : a novel / by Jesse Ball.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-45593-2
1. Mnemonics—Fiction. 2. Psychological games—Fiction. 3. Sanatoriums—Fiction. 4. Terrorists—Fiction. 5. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.A596S36 2007
813'.6—dc22
2007016256
www.vintagebooks.com
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Day the First
Day the Second
Day the Third
Day the Fourth
Day the Fifth
Day the Sixth
Day the Seventh
Appendix
A Note on the Naming of Characters
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright