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First published in Great Britain in 1995
by Faber & Faber Limited
Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2014

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© Peter Carey, 1995
Illustration © Abira Ali, 1995

Cover illustration by Peter Hess

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