ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost I would like to thank my family for their openness, love, and generosity of spirit.
Also, for their unconditional support over the years, I would like to thank Aaron Fagan, George Saunders, Max Diulus, Daniel Torday, Arthur Flowers, Chris Kennedy, Mary Gaitskill, Amanda Doyle, and Kevin MacConnell.
Special thanks to Sergeant First Class Phillip Jacoby.
This book would not have been possible without the guidance and support of my editors, Sarah Bowlin and Michael Signorelli, my agent, Claire Anderson-Wheeler, and the wonderful people at Henry Holt and Company.
Lastly, a note to my son, Colin Archer Dacey:
You are young now. But when you are older, and you come across this book, I want you to always know, despite what you may see, hear, or feel, there is love in the shadows.
Also by Patrick Dacey
We’ve Already Gone This Far
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PATRICK DACEY holds an MFA from Syracuse University. He has taught English at several universities in the United States and has worked as a reporter, landscaper, door-to-door salesman, and at a homeless shelter and a detox center. He is the author of the story collection We’ve Already Gone This Far. His stories have been featured in The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, Guernica, Bomb magazine, Salt Hill, and more. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Part I: Robert and Irene, 1990
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Part II: Nathan and Andrew 2017
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Part III: The Outer Cape
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Acknowledgments
Also by Patrick Dacey
About the Author
Copyright
THE OUTER CAPE. Copyright © 2017 by Patrick Dacey. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
www.henryholt.com
Cover design by Lucy Kim; cover photograph © Joel Meyerowitz / Gallery Stock
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Dacey, Patrick, author.
Title: The outer cape: a novel / Patrick Dacey.
Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016037299 | ISBN 9781627794671 (hardback) | ISBN 9781627794688 (electronic book)
Subjects: LCSH: Domestic fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Literary. | FICTION / Family Life.
Classification: LCC PS3604.A226 O98 2017 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016037299
First Edition: June 2017
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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