by Martin Clark
FIRST VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES EDITION, JUNE 2005
Copyright © 2004 by Martin Clark
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:
Clark, Martin, 1959–
Plain heathen mischief / Martin Clark.
p. cm.
1. Ex-prisoners—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 3. Missoula
(Mont.)—Fiction. 4. False testimony—Fiction. 5. Ex-clergy—Fiction.
6. Baptists—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.L2865P55 2004
813’.6—dc22 2003060475
eISBN : 978-0-307-42727-4
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