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First published as O Absalom! in 1938 by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.

This paperback edition published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Apollo, an imprint of Head of Zeus Ltd.

Copyright © Michael Spring, 1938

Introduction © Michael Schmidt, 2016

The moral right of Howard Spring to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

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

ISBN (PB) 9781784970772

ISBN (E) 9781784970765

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