The Four Temperaments (31 page)

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This novel is a work of fiction. Although it is set against the backdrop of the New York City Ballet, none of the characters are based on real individuals, and none of the events actually occurred. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, 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.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McDonough, Yona Zeldis.

The four temperaments: a novel / by Yona McDonough—1st ed.

p.  cm.

1. Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction.  2. Fathers and sons—Fiction.
3. Grandmothers—Fiction.  4. Violinists—Fiction.  5. Ballerinas—Fiction.
6. Adultery—Fiction.  7. Ballet—Fiction.  I. Title.

PS3613.C39 F68 2002

813'.54—dc21        2001054777

Title page photograph by Nan Melville, Regina Larkin/
Joyce Trisler Danscompany archives

Copyright © 2002 by Yona Zeldis McDonough
All Rights Reserved

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