First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
Peirene Press Ltd
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London N19 3BB
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First published under the German-language title Stierhunger
Copyright © Deuticke im Paul Zsolnay Verlag Wien 2007
This translation © Jamie Bulloch, 2016
Linda Stift asserts her moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not be resold, lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the express prior consent of the publisher.
ISBN 978-1-908670-30-4
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Designed by Sacha Davison Lunt
Photographic image by Jessica Arneback/Millennium Images, UK
Typeset by Tetragon, London
Printed and bound by T J International, Padstow, Cornwall
The translation of this book is funded by Bundeskanzleramt Österreich.