A Reading From "To Live and Die In the Floating World"

Hi, Friends -- I've been working hard the last few weeks to make the edits suggested by my publisher for "To Live and Die In the Floating World," a suspense novel that takes its setting from my days as a crewman on a barge in Burgundy. Though I may still change a few things, I thought you might enjoy me reading the first few pages of the book. My intent is to read another passage next week to give you a better taste of the story.

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