BITTER LEMON PRESS

 

First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 by Bitter Lemon Press, 37 Arundel Gardens, London W11 2LW

 

www.bitterlemonpress.com

 

First published in French as L’Ogre by
Bernard Grasset, Paris in 1973

 

© Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 1973

English translation © Martin Sokolinsky, 2012

 

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The moral rights of the author and the translator have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988

 

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

 

eISBN : 978-1-904-73895-4

 

Typeset by Tetragon
Printed and bound by Cox & Wyman Ltd, Reading, Berkshire