Copyright © 2009 by Mark Arax

 

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The following were previously published in somewhat different form: “The Agent” (Los Angeles Times West magazine), “Legend of Zankou” (Los Angeles magazine), “The Summer of the Death of Hilario Guzman” (Los Angeles Times West magazine), “The Great Microbe Hunt” (Los Angeles Times West magazine), “Home Front” (Los Angeles Times West magazine), and “An Epilogue” (Los Angeles Times Magazine).

 

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