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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

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PS8626.A449F84 2017  C813′.6  C2016-906015-2

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