Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-63578

A full catalogue record for this book can be obtained from the British Library on request

The right of Stella Duffy to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Copyright © 1994 Stella Duffy

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

First published by Serpent’s Tail 1994
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First published in this five-star edition, 1999

Printed in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham, plc Chatham, Kent