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THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG. Copyright © 2022 by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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First Edition: 2022