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      4th Estate

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      This ebook first published by Harper Perennial in 2009

      This 4th Estate edition published in 2016

      This translation first published by Random House Inc,

      New York, in 1972

      Originally published in Sweden by P. A. Norstedt & Söners Forlag

      Copyright text © Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö 1971

      Copyright introduction © Arne Dahl 2009

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      Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö assert the moral right to be identified as the authors 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 authors' imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007439171

      Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007323449

      Version: 2016-03-30