From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Hunter College and the generous Hertog Fellowship, and to the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. My sincerest thanks to Seth Fishman, my agent, for his smarts and dedication, and to Liz Van Hoose, my editor, a protector of words. Thank you to my friends and colleagues for their tireless support, to Dr. Juan and Selfa Peralta, and to Ashley Mears.

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Gilvarry, Alex.

From the memoirs of a non-enemy combatant : a novel / Alex Gilvarry.

p. cm.
EISBN 978-1-1015-5431-9
1. Fashion designers—Fiction. 2. False arrest—Fiction.
3. Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3607.I4558F76 2012
813’.6—dc23
2011032993

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