Second Ending

The characters and incidents portrayed in this novel are entirely fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental and was not the author’s intention. The names “Club Stardust,” “Club Beguine,” and “The Dance Palace” were invented by the author, who knows of no existing establishments so named. Likewise, the church called “Our Merciful Father” does not, to the author’s knowledge, have a counterpart in real life.