First published as a Canongate Classic in 1990,
and reprinted in 2001
by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2009
by Canongate Books Ltd
Copyright © Estate of Eric Linklater
Introduction copyright © Douglas Gifford, 1990
All rights reserved
The publishers gratefully acknowledge general
subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council towards
the Canongate Classics series and a specific
grant towards the publication of this title
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available on
request from the British Library
ISBN: 978 1 84767 541 5
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