Linda Perdido: A Novel

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LINDA PERDIDO a novel FC2 TUSCALOOSA LINDA PERDIDO a novel M AC W EL LM AN Copyright © 2013 by Mac Wellman The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America FC2 is an imprint of The University of Alabama Press Book Design: Illinois State University’s English Department’s Publications Unit; Director: Tara Reeser; Assistant Director: Steve Halle; Production Assistant: Alicia Raff Cover Design: Lou Robinson Typeface: Garamond ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wellman, Mac. Linda Perdido / Mac Wellman. pages cm ISBN 978-1-57366-173-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-57366-841-5 (ebook) (print) 1. Sisters—Fiction. I. Title. PS3573.E468L56 2013 813’.54—dc23 2012040002 The Chameleon darkens in the shade of him that bends over it to ascertain its colors. S. T. Coleridge, Aids to Reflection …he couldn’t find a rat in a cup of coffee… Overheard in a pimp bar in midtown Manhattan in the mid 70s. Acknowledgments Portion of Linda Perdido first appeared in Green Integer’s EXPLORINGfictions, and in Bomb magazine; thanks to Douglas Messerli and Monica de la Torre for these respectively; thanks also to Karl Roeseler for help with the manuscript. Finally, special thanks to the MacDowell Colony and the Corporation of Yaddo. LINDA PERDIDO a novel ...