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.

GOLIATH

Copyright © 2021 by Tochi Onyebuchi

All rights reserved.

Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill

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Edited by Ruoxi Chen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Onyebuchi, Tochi, author.

Title: Goliath / Tochi Onyebuchi.

Description: First edition. | New York: Tordotcom, 2022. | “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2021039437 (print) | LCCN 2021039438 (ebook) | ISBN 9781250782953 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250858399 (signed edition) | ISBN 9781250782960 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3615.N93 G65 2022 (print) | LCC PS3615.N93 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021039437

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021039438

ISBN 978-1-250-78295-3 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-78296-0 (ebook)

eISBN 9781250782960

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First Edition: 2022