WHAT RED WAS is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2019 by Rosie Price

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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HOGARTH is a trademark of the Random House Group Limited, and the H colophon is a trademark of Penguin Random House LLC.

Originally published in hardcover by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House UK, London, in 2019.

ISBN 9781984824417

Ebook ISBN 9781984824431

Book design by Andrea Lau, adapted for ebook

Cover design: Elena Giavaldi

Cover image: Jen Mann

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