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Copyright © 2010 by Alberto Manguel
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Originally published in Spanish as Todos los hombres son mentiros in 2008.
First English language edition published by Alma Books Ltd in 2010.
First Riverhead trade paperback edition: June 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Manguel, Alberto.
[Todos los hombres son mentirosos. English]
All men are liars / Alberto Manguel ; translated by Miranda France.— 1st Riverhead trade paperback ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-101-57489-8
1.Authors—Death—Fiction. 2. Investigative reporting—Fiction. 3. Truthfulness and falsehood—Fiction. I. France, Miranda, 1966– II. Title.
PQ7798.23.A513T6313 2012 2012002300
863'.64—dc23