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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Malone, Michael.
The delectable mountains, or, Entertaining strangers / by Michael
Malone.
p. cm.
Originally published: The Delectable Mountains. New York: Random House, 1976
1. College graduates—Fiction. 2. Summer theater—Fiction. 3. Young
men—Fiction. 4. Colorado—Fiction. 5. Actors—Fiction. I. Title:
Delectable mountains. II. Title: Entertaining strangers. III. Title.
PS3563.A43244 D45 2002
813’.54—dc21
2002006927