VIKING
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First published 2017
Copyright © 2017 by The Estate of Stuart McLean
Introduction and selection copyright © 2017 by Jess Milton
Some stories in this work were previously published in the following: “Dave Cooks the Turkey” and “Polly Anderson’s Christmas Party” in Home From the Vinyl Cafe, “Christmas Presents” and “Morley’s Christmas Pageant” in Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, “Christmas on the Road” and “Rashida, Amir, and the Great Gift-Giving” in Vinyl Cafe Diaries, and “Christmas at the Turlingtons’” in Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe.
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Publisher’s note: This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
McLean, Stuart, author Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe / Stuart McLean.
Short stories.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 9780735235120 (hardcover).—ISBN 9780735235137 (electronic)
I. Title.
PS8575.L448C57 2017 C813’.54 C2017-904428-1
C2017-904429-X
Book design by CS Richardson
Images: (turkey) lestyan; (all others) Oleg Iatsun; all Shutterstock.com
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