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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

      First published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber 1996

      Copyright © Lionel Shriver 1996

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      Lionel Shriver asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007578023

      Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007301744

      Version: 2015-08-20