The Visible Man
Authors: Chuck Klosterman
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For Melissa
Chapter 1: The First Meaningful Phone Call
Chapter 2: The Second Meaningful Phone Call
Chapter 3: The Third Meaningful Phone Call
PART 2: THE SECOND INTRODUCTION
Chapter 4: May Ninth (The Revelation)
Chapter 5: The Valerie Sessions
Chapter 6: An Attempt at Reason
Chapter 7: The Unclear Story of the Half-Mexican Ladies Man
Chapter 8: Another Lapse in Judgment
Chapter 9: June 20: A memory or a clue?
Chapter 10: [A Personal Aside]
Chapter 11: Pseudo-Historiography
Chapter 13: Heavy Dudes Part II (The Interrogation)
Chapter 16: The Thirtieth of August
Chapter 18: Something That May Have Happened (September 11)
Chapter 19: Something That Probably Happened (September 15)
Chapter 20: A Point of No Return
Chapter 21: The Worst-Case Scenario
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