Annie Proulx

That Old Ace in the Hole


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       Annie Proulx

      THAT OLD ACE IN THE HOLE

       A Novel

       COPYRIGHT

      Fourth Estate

      An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

       www.4thestate.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Fourth Estate

      Copyright © Dead Line Ltd, 2002

      The right of Annie Proulx to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Ebook Edition © JUNE 2012 ISBN 9780007383894

      Version 2016-06-13

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it arc the work of the author’s imagination Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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       DEDICATION

       Alle molens vangen wind

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       10. Old Dog

       11. Tater Crouch

       12. Rope Butt

       13. Habakuk’s Luck

       14. The Young Couple

       15. Abel and Cain

       16. Curiosity Killed the Cat

       17. The Devil’s Hatband

       18. Just a Few Questions

       19. The Sheriff’s Office

       20. Everything’s O.K. So Far

       21. Triple Cross

       22. Ribeye Writes

       23. Rich Orlando

       24. Violet’s Night on the Town

       25. Top Sales

       26. Brother Mesquite

       27. Trip to Denver

       28. Used but Not Abused

       29. Ribeye Cluke’s Office

       30. Quick Change

       31. Mrs. Betty Doak

       32. Ace in the Hole

       33. Failure

       34. Barbwire

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Author’s Note

       Praise