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Authors: Benjamin Johncock
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The Last Pilot: A Novel (36 page)
BENJAMIN JOHNCOCK
was born in England in 1978. His short stories have been published by
The Fiction Desk
and
The Junket
. He is the recipient of an Arts Council England grant and the American Literary Merit Award, and is a winner of Comma Press’s National Short Story Day competition. He also writes for
The Guardian
. He lives in Norwich, England, with his wife, his daughter, and his son.
The Last Pilot
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Contents
Mojave Desert: Muroc, California, October 1947
Mojave Desert: Muroc, California, January 1959
Mojave Desert: Muroc, California, February 1961
Long Beach, California, April 1961
Cape Canaveral: Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1962
Mojave Desert: Muroc, California, March 1966
Epilogue: Victorville, California, Christmas Eve, 1968
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE LAST PILOT
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ISBN 978-1-250-06664-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-06665-7 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781250066657
First eBook Edition: July 2015
