The Glittering World (41 page)
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Authors: Robert Levy
My parents, family, and friends; my teachers and colleagues; my son and daughter; and the residents of Cape Breton, whose local geography may have shifted during flight. You are my true Friendship Outpost and Artists Colony.
The Summer People: Sarah Kelly and the Starry Heaven workshop, where the good vibes began. Special thanks to my full readers Brad Beaulieu and Greg van Eekhout.
The missing hikers: Rebecca Brown, Sam Zalutsky, Sebastian Dungan, and Barbara Wally, who looked at early pages and told me I wasn’t crazy when I most needed to hear it.
The believers group: Liz Hand and my fellow residents at the Atlantic Center of the Arts, where I finished my first draft. Love and blessings.
My fairy godmother, Tricia Boczkowski, who always has my back. If you ever need to hide a body, I’m just a phone call away.
The hive queen, Livia Llewellyn, cofounder of the Vipers of Self-Relevance Writers Group. Until we are protected by the ejaculation of serpents. :F
Jen Bergstrom, Stephanie DeLuca, and the entire Gallery team. Especially my editor, Adam Wilson, who awes me with his powers of perception. I would dive into darkness and follow you beneath the earth.
My enchanting agent, Luke Janklow, and his ever-astounding assistant, Claire Dippel. You guys are better than screech, and without the delirium tremens.
And most of all, to my very own Other Kind, Dan Sacher. You make everything possible, and magical, and sane, and right. You are the new frequency.
There’s a piece of you all in this book. Endless gratitude.
ROBERT LEVY
is a writer of stories, screenplays, and plays whose work has been seen off-Broadway. A Harvard graduate subsequently trained as a forensic psychologist, he lives in his native Brooklyn near a toxic canal and can also be found at
TheRobertLevy.com
.
The Glittering World
is his first novel.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 by Robert Levy
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First Gallery Books hardcover edition February 2015
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ISBN 978-1-4767-7452-7
ISBN 978-1-4767-7453-4 (ebook)