First published in southern Africa in 2001 by David Philip Publishers
New edition in southern Africa published in 2012 by Umuzi, an imprint of Random House Struik
First published this edition in 2014 by And Other Stories
London – New York
www.andotherstories.org
Copyright © Ivan Vladislavić 2012
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The Restless Supermarket has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either 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.
Print ISBN 9781908276322
eBook ISBN 9781908276339
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
for Luc de Graeve
Where can we always find happiness?
In the dictionary.
– Aubrey Tearle