First Vintage Books Edition, September 1984

Copyright © 1983 by James Crumley

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published by Random House, Inc. in 1983.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Crumley, James, 1939-

Dancing bear.

I. Title.

[PS3553.R78D3  1984]    813′.54    84-40008

ISBN 0-394-72576-X (pbk.)

579B86

eBook ISBN 9781101973561

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