A Oneworld Book

First published in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Australia by Oneworld Publications, 2023

This ebook published 2023

Copyright © Paul Lynch, 2023

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ISBN 978-0-86154-645-9 (hardback)
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Excerpt from 'Charon' by Louis MacNeice, taken from Collected Poems, used by permission of The Estate of Louis MacNeice.

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