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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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      This ebook first published by Harper Perennial in 2007

      This 4th Estate edition published in 2016

      This translation first published by Random House Inc, New York, in 1971

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

      Copyright text © Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö 1969

      Copyright introduction © Colin Dexter 2007

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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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      Source ISBN: 9780007242955

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2009 ISBN: 9780007343492

      Version: 2018-14-05