This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, 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.
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Burnside, John, 1955–
The glister : a novel / John Burnside.—1st
ed.
p. cm.
1. Missing children—Fiction. I.
Title.
PR6052.U6683G55 2008
823′.914—dc22 2008012141
eISBN: 978-0-385-52949-5
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