Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Author's Note
Part One Blood & Wine
1 my people
2 una familia buena y devota
Part Two The Valley of the Shadow
1 Hilbert’s hotel
2 a turbulent priest
3 hymn books and hassocks
4 the wolf-head cross
5 a nice straight country road
6 pillow problems
7 the waif boy
8 a bit bloody late
Part Three The Death of Balder
1 the last prime number
2 inquisition
3 wolf head, angel face
4 Alice’s journal
5 an amicable pair
6 ejection
7 the tale of Noddy
8 a bag of stones
9 interpretations
10 knock knock, who’s there?
11 trapped
12 Sam
13 Mig
14 a real live woman
15 God.com
Part Four Truth
1 into the light
2 Betty
3 scary stranger
Part Five Loss of Innocence
1 Jolley jinks
2 Miguel Madero
3 the deluding of Mig
4 Mecklin Moss
5 shoot-out
6 wasn’t that fun?
7 a slice of cake
8 Edie Appledore’s story
9 counting to fifteen
10 keep practising
11 a villa in Spain
12 the devil’s door
13 Pete Swinebank
Part Six The Hall
1 up a gum tree
2 like a dingo
3 the Jolley archive
4 the truth of blood
5 invitations
6 a face from the past
7 a gift of stones
8 Ragnarokk
Part Seven Afterwards
1 what more?
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