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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Bacharach, Jacob.
The bend of the world : a novel / Jacob Bacharach. — First Edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-87140-682-8 (hardcover)
1. Middle-aged men—Pennsylvania—Pittsburgh—Fiction. 2. Social skills—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.A335 2014
813’.6—dc23
ISBN 978-0-871-40814-3 (e-book)
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