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First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 1999
First published in Holland in 1997 by J.M. Meulenhoff bv

Marcel Möring asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Stacey Knecht asserts the moral right to be identified as the translator of this work.

The Publishers gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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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Source ISBN: 9780006551041

Version: 2013–12–19