Copyright © 2019 by Charles Wheelan
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Wheelan, Charles J., author.
Title: The rationing : a novel / Charles Wheelan.
Description: First edition. | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018054654 | ISBN 9781324001485 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Political fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3623.H429 R38 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
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