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THE BOOK OF THE HEATHEN. Copyright © 2000 by Robert Edric. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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First published in Great Britain by Anchor—a division of Transworld Publishers

First U.S. Edition: November 2002

eISBN 9781466863224

First eBook edition: January 2014