Tragic (49 page)
Authors: Robert K. Tanenbaum
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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 © 2013 by Robert K. Tanenbaum
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First Gallery Books hardcover edition August 2013
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tanenbaum, Robert.
Tragic / Robert K. Tanenbaum.—First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
p. cm.
1. Karp, Butch (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Ciampi, Marlene
(Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Stevedores—Fiction 4. Labor unions—Corrupt practices—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3570.A52T73 2013
813'.54—dc23
2013005283
ISBN 978-1-4516-3555-3
ISBN 978-1-4516-3560-7 (ebook)