The River

Copyright

Copyright © 2019 by Peter Heller

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Heller, Peter, 1959– author.

Title: The river : a novel / by Peter Heller.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018007308 | ISBN 9780525521877 (hardcover) | IBSN 9780525521884 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3608.E454.R58 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018007308

Ebook ISBN 9780525521884

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.

Cover design by Kelly Blair

Map by Rodica Prato

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