Copyright © 1998, 2016 by Brian Evenson

First published in 1998 by Four Walls Eight Windows

Introduction © 2016 by Samuel R. Delany

Cover illustration and design by Sarah Evenson

Book design by Ann Sudmeier

Author photograph © Valerie Evenson

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Evenson, Brian, 1966–

Father of lies: a novel / by Brian Evenson.

pages ; cm

ISBN 978-1-56689-423-4 (eBook)

1. Pedophilia—Fiction. 2. Church officers—Fiction. 3. Obedience—Religious aspects—Fiction. 4. Psychological fiction.

I. Title.

PS3555.V326F38 2016

813'.54—dc23

2015010555

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