John Li, Tom Hunter.
Arsenal Pulp Press: Brian Lam, Susan Safyan, Cynara Geissler, Robert Ballantyne, Oliver McPartlin.
The BC Arts Council and the Canada Council.
Albert Camus.
About the Author
Kevin Chong is the author of six books, including the memoir My Year of the Racehorse and the novel Beauty Plus Pity. His work has been shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Prize for Non-Fiction and a National Magazine Award. His writing has recently appeared in the Walrus, the Rusty Toque, and Cosmonauts Avenue. His books have been published in Canada, the US, France, Australia, and Macedonia. He teaches at the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program and The Writers’ Studio at Simon Fraser University. Born in Hong Kong, he lives in Vancouver with his family.
Copyright
THE PLAGUE
Copyright © 2018 by Kevin Chong
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any part by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical—without the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may use brief excerpts in a review, or in the case of photocopying in Canada, a license from Access Copyright.
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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to persons either living or deceased is purely coincidental.
Cover Photo by Scott Webb
Cover and text design by Oliver McPartlin
Edited by Susan Safyan
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication:
Chong, Kevin, author
The plague / Kevin Chong.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-55152-719-2 (HTML)
1. Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Peste. I. Title.
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