Content notice: The Eyes Are the Best Part contains depictions of violence, eye horror, body horror, murder, cannibalism, descriptions of war trauma (non-graphic, starvation), stalking, sexism, and racism (Asian objectification).

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ISBN 978-1-64566-123-8 (hardcover)

First Erewhon hardcover printing: July 2024

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Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023951793

Electronic edition: ISBN 978-1-64566-125-2 (ebook)

Edited by Diana Pho

Interior design by Leah Marsh

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