The Gamal (51 page)
About the author
Ciarán Collins was born in County Cork in 1977. He teaches English and Irish in a school in West Cork.
The Gamal
is his
fi
rst novel.
Copyright © 2013 by Ciarán Collins
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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. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Published by Bloomsbury USA, New York
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Collins, Ciarán, 1977-
The gamal / Ciarán Collins. — First U.S. edition.
pages cm
eISBN: 978-1-62040-114-9
1. Youths' writings—Fiction. 2. Psychotherapy patients—Fiction. 3. Youth—Psychology—Fiction. 4. Friendship in youth—Fiction. 5. Bereavement in youth—Fiction. 6. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PR6103.O447G36 2013
823'.92—dc23
2012046539
First U.S. Edition 2013
This electronic edition published in July 2013
