“Oh, go to Hell, Jimmy,” he replied.

I looked him dead straight in the eye. I didn’t smile. I said, “No thanks, Clyde, I’ve already been there.”

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

Greg Simanson—for design amazingness

Bethany Root—for editorial insight and fantastic story suggestions

Majanka Verstraete—for that final spit and polish

The team at Booktrope, especially Katherine Sears, Jesse James Freeman, Kelsey Wong, Adam Bodendieck, Andy Roberts, Mike Doane, and Kate Burkett—for making me feel like a part of something special

ALSO BY JONATHAN GOULD

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