In the Lake of the Woods. Tim O’Brien

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      First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 1995

      First published in the USA by

      Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence 1994

      Copyright © Tim O’Brien 1994

      The Author asserts the moral right to be

      identified as the author of this work

      Portions of this book have appeared, in substantially different form,

      in The Atlantic Monthly, Boston Magazine and Esquire

      The author is grateful for permission to quote from the following:

      ‘Shame’ by Robert Karen, Copyright © 1992 by Robert Karen, as first published in The Atlantic Monthly, February 1992; ‘Homeless My Lai Vet Killed in Booze Fight,’ from the Boston Herald, September 14, 1988, reprinted with permission of the Boston Herald.

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