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the year as writer-in-residence to complete the first draft. Thanks also to Richard Dillard for introducing me to the work of Hitchcock, and, by circumstance, to my wife. Starting never would have been possible without the faith and encouragement of my parents. As for finishing, all the love and support required for that came from Beth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adam Ross lives with his wife and their two daughters in Nashville, Tennessee.

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2010 by Adam Ross

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf,

a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

www.aaknopf.com

Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon

are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape,

the Random House Group Ltd., London.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ross, Adam, 1967–

Mr. Peanut / by Adam Ross.—1st ed.

p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-307-59376-4

1. Married people—Fiction. 2. Marriage—Fiction. 3. Marital conflict—Fiction.

4. Spouses—Crimes against—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3618.O84515M7 2010

813′.6—dc22 2009041693

FICTION DISCLAIMER: 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.

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