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Harper Perennial

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First published in Australia in 2004

This edition published in 2012

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Copyright © Steven Carroll 2004

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Carroll, Steven, 1949–

The gift of speed / Steven Carroll.

ISBN: 978 0 7322 8899 0 (pbk.)

ISBN: 978 1 7430 9969 8 (epub)

Glenroy novels

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