© MICHAEL HINGSTON 2013

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing In Publication
Hingston, Michael, 1985–
      The dilettantes / Michael Hingston.
Also issued in electronic format.
ISBN 978-1-55481-182-3
      I. Title.
PS8615.I55D54 2013 C813’.6 C2013-901667-8

Edited by Barbara Scott
Book design and illustration by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design
Author photo by Bridget Gutteridge-Hingston

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