This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

FEAR OF DYING. Copyright © 2015 by Erica Mann Jong. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Jong, Erica.

       Fear of dying / Erica Jong. — First edition.

           pages; cm

       ISBN 978-1-250-06591-9 (hardcover)

       ISBN 978-1-4668-7290-5 (e-book)

       1.  Psychological fiction.   I.  Title.

       PS3560.O56F42 2015

       813'.54—dc23

2015017627

e-ISBN 9781466872905

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First Edition: September 2015