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  Finally, special thanks to the pride of Maryland, Ann Rittenberg, whom I am pleased to have as an agent, and honored to have as a friend.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Smith, B. J. (Brad J.)

  All hat : a novel / Brad Smith.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 0-312-42317-9

  1. Swindlers and swindling—Fiction. 2. Male friendship—Fiction. 3. Women jockeys—Fiction. 4. Horse racing—Fiction. 5. Ex-convicts—Fiction. 6. Canada—Fiction. I. Title.

  PR9199.3.S55148 A45 2003

  813'.54—dc21

  2002027307

  First published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company

  First Picador Edition: April 2004

  eISBN 9781466855557

  First eBook edition: September 2013