PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF CANADA
Copyright © 2017 Pasha Malla
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The quotations at the start of each section in this novel come from Fugue by Ebenezer Prout (London: Augener & Co., 1891).
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Malla, Pasha, 1978–, author
Fugue states / Pasha Malla.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 9780345811332
eBook ISBN 9780345811356
I. Title.
PS8626.A449F84 2017 C813′.6 C2016-906015-2
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