First published in southern Africa in 2015 by
Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
First published in this edition in 2015 by
And Other Stories
Los Angeles – High Wycombe
www.andotherstories.org
Copyright © Ivan Vladislavić 2015
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The right of Ivan Vladislavić to be identified as Author of 101 Detectives: Stories has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or places is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 9781908276568
eBook ISBN: 9781908276575
Editor: Michael Titlestad; proofreader: Beth Lindop;
typesetter: Nazli Jacobs; eBook version: Tetragon, London; cover design: Hannah Naughton.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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In memory of Chris van Wyk