Inner Tube: A Novel (27 page)

Hob Broun was the son of Heywood Hale Broun and the grandson of Heywood Broun, the newspaper columnist. After publishing his first novel,
Odditorium
, Broun underwent a spinal surgery that saved his life but left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down. By blowing through a tube connected to a specially outfitted keyboard, Broun was able to complete his second novel,
Inner Tube
, and write the short stories of
Cardinal Numbers
. He was at work on a third novel when he died at age thirty-seven in 1987.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, 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, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1985 by Hob Broun

Cover design by Kelly Parr

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