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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Roley, Brian Ascalon.
American son: a novel / Brian Ascalon Roley.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-0-393-32154-8
1. Filipino Americans—Fiction. 2. Mothers and sons—Fiction.
3. California—Fiction. 4. Immigrants—Fiction. 5. Young men—Fiction.
6. Gangsters—Fiction. 7. Brothers—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3568.05333 A84 2001

813'.6—dc21 00-053307

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