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Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Heart-Shaped Box

A Novel.

by Joe Hill
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  • Feb 13, 2007, 384 pages
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  • Apr 2008, 320 pages
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“What? The idea that I was in the chess club?”

“I guess. It seems so . . . geeky.”

“Yeah. But I used severed fingers for pieces.”

Danny laughed—a little too hard, convulsing himself and wiping imaginary tears from the corners of his eyes. The sycophantic little suck-ass.

The foregoing is excerpted from Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022

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