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Willy Vlautin

earliest edition we have, 2014 Faber & Faber, Limited, 2015 288 pages

Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy Kervin has lived in a group home for eight years. Frustrated by the simplest daily routines, he finds his existence has become unbearable. An act of desperation helps him disappear deep into his mind, into a world of romance and science fiction, danger and adventure where he is whole once again. Freddie McCall, the night man at Leroy's group home, works two jobs yet still can't...

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Free edition · 2020 · HarperCollins Publishers · 272 pages · 9780063036567
Free edition · 2015 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 288 pages · 9780571300303
The free edition · 2014 · Faber & Faber · 274 pages · 9780571300297
The free edition · 2014 · Harper Perennial · 297 pages · 9780062276742
Free edition · 2014 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062276759
The Free audiobook · 2014 · Harpercollins · 1 pages · 9781482991659

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