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Copyright © 2017 by Paul Vidich
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Vidich, Paul, author.
Title: The good assassin : a novel / Paul Vidich.
Description: New York : Atria/Emily Bestler Books, 2017. | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051068 (print) | LCCN 2016043656 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Spies—United States—Fiction. | United States. Central Intelligence Agency—Fiction. | Cold War—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers. | FICTION / Espionage. | GSAFD: Spy stories. | Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3622.I37 (print) | LCC PS3622.I37 G66 2017 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016051068
ISBN 978-1-5011-1042-9
ISBN 978-1-5011-1043-6 (trade paperback)
ISBN 978-1-5011-1044-3 (ebook)