This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Published by Akashic Books
©2000 Arthur Nersesian

Design and layout by Fritz Michaud
Cover photo by Sasha Kahn
Chapter illustrations by Elizabeth Elliott
Title page illustration by Kim Kowalski
Author photo by Delphi Basilicato

ISBN: 1-888451-09-2
e-ISBN: 9781617752216
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-96428
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Portions of this book have appeared in the Portable Lower East Side and Big Wednesday