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City of Thieves by David Benioff

City of Thieves

A Novel

by David Benioff
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  • May 15, 2008, 272 pages
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  • Apr 2009, 272 pages
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"I just want to make sure I get everything right."

"You won't."

"This is your story. I don't want to fuck with it."

"David—"

"A couple of things still don't make sense to me—"

"David," he said. "You're a writer. Make it up."

Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from City of Thieves. Copyright © David Benioff, 2008.

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