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ANTKIND
A Novel
Charlie Kaufman
4th Estate
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This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2020
Copyright © Charlie Kaufman, 2020
Cover design by Jack Smyth
Charlie Kaufman asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
This story collection is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008319533
Ebook Edition © July 2020 ISBN: 9780008319496
Version: 2020-06-09
It is so American, fire. So like us.
Its desolation. And its eventual, brief triumph.
—LARRY LEVIS, “My Story in a Late Style of Fire”
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes
—“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
Contents
Copyright
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
