First published in hardback in Great Britain in 2014 by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.
Copyright © Robert Wilton, 2014
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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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Hardback ISBN: 978 1 78239 191 3
E-book ISBN: 978 1 78239 193 7
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