Blind Alley

BLIND ALLEY

A Bantam Book / September 2004

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Johansen, Iris.

Blind alley / Iris Johansen.

p. cm.

1. Duncan, Eve (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)—Fiction. 3. Women sculptors—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3560.O275 B56 2004

813'.54—dc22

2004054410

eISBN: 978-0-553-90065-1

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