Nick Laird

Modern Gods


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       Copyright

      4th Estate

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2017

      First published in the United States by Viking in 2017

      Copyright © Nick Laird 2017

      Cover design by Jack Smyth

      Nick Laird asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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

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      Source ISBN: 9780008257354

      Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008257347

      Version: 2018-05-22

       Dedication

       I.M. Carol Laird

       (1950–2017)

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Part 2: In the Way That Fire Wanders

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author

       Also by Nick Laird

       About the Publisher

       PROLOGUE

      “I am a man of constant sorrow.”

      The microphone