The Confessions of Edward Day (31 page)

Valerie Martin is the author of three collections of short fiction, most recently
The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories
, and eight novels, including
Trespass, Italian Fever, The Great Divorce, Mary Reilly—
the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story told from the viewpoint of a housemaid, which was filmed with Julia Roberts and John Malkovich—and the 2003 Orange Prize–winning
Property
. She is also the author of the nonfiction work
Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis
. She resides in upstate New York.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, 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.

Copyright © 2009 by Valerie Martin

All Rights Reserved

Published in the United States by Nan A. Talese, an imprint of The Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, Valerie, 1948–
Confessions of Edward Day : a novel / Valerie Martin.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Actors—Fiction. 2. Theater—New York (State)—New York—Fiction.
3. Triangles (Interpersonal relations)—Fiction.
4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3563.A7295C64 2009
813′.54—dc22
2008044965

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