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This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014

First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1974

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Introduction copyright © Neil Gaiman 2014
‘The Sage of Shepperton’ © Travis Elborough 2008

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Cover by Stanley Donwood