THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2020 by Vanessa Veselka

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Veselka, Vanessa, author.

Title: The great offshore grounds : a novel / Vanessa Veselka.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019057825 | ISBN 9780525658078 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525658085 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Domestic fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3622.E85 G74 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2019057825

Ebook ISBN 9780525658085

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover image based on: A Breaking Wave by David James (detail). Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images

Cover design by Kelly Blair

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