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GREG ILES
The Devil’s Punchbowl
This novel 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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Ebook Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007317486
Version: 2018-07-16
For Madeline and Mark Who pay the highest price for my writing life. Thank you.
No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that’s in the right and keeps on a comin’.
— Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger
‘You’re an animal.’
‘No, worse. Human.’
— Runaway Train
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