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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously.
Copyright © P.O.L éditeur, 2013
Translation copyright © Penny Hueston 2016
The moral right of Marie Darrieussecq to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted.
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The lyrics of songs appearing in the text have been left as the author remembered them for the writing of this work of fiction.
Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes was originally published French in 2013 by P.O.L éditeur.
This edition published by The Text Publishing Company in 2016.
Page and cover design by W.H. Chong
Typeset by J&M Typesetters
9781925240917 (Australian paperback)
9781911231028 (UK paperback)
9781922253538 (ebook)
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Creator: Darrieussecq, Marie, author.
Title: Men/by Marie Darrieussecq;
translated from the French by Penny Hueston.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships—Fiction. Race relations—Fiction.
Blacks—Race identity—Fiction. Whites—Race identity—Fiction.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)—Fiction.
Other Creators/Contributors: Hueston, Penny, translator.
Dewey Number: 843.914