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Aug 2020, 272 pages
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Jul 2023, 304 pages
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Kim Kovacs
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"You need to listen to your son, Mr. Mathis." Another voice came onto the line.
Ray could hear Ricky pleading in the background.
"Who's this? Who am I talking to?"
"That's not important," the man said, "but you'll want to hear me out. I've got something I need to tell you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your son's a junkie, Mr. Mathis."
"I don't know who you are or why you're calling here, but you're not telling me anything I don't already know. I know what my son is. I've been answering calls like this going on twenty year."
Excerpted from When These Mountains Burn by David Joy. Copyright © 2020 by David Joy. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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