The Last Hiccup (22 page)
Copyright © Christopher Meades, 2012
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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, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Meades, Christopher
The last hiccup / Christopher Meades.
ISBN 978-1-55022-973-8
Also issued as: 978-1-77090-226-8 (PDF); 978-1-77090-227-5 (ePUB)
I. Title.
PS8626.E234l38 2012 C813'.6 C2011-906950-4
Editor for the press: Jennifer Hale
Cover design: Dave Gee
Typesetting: Troy Cunningham
The publication of
The Last Hiccup
has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada, and by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities, and the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit. The marketing of this book was made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
