First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1998
This electronic edition published in 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Copyright © Russell Hoban 1998

‘Crazy’ (words and music by Willie Nelson) ©Copyright 1961 Tree
Music Publishing Co, Inc. USA, Acuff Rose Music Ltd, 25 James Street
London W1. Reproduced by permission of Music Sales Ltd.

‘Me and Bobby McGee’ (words and music by Kris Kristofferson and Fred
Foster) © 1969 Combine Music Corp, USA. Reproduced by permission
of EMI Songs Ltd. London WC2

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