First published in 1982 by Hutchison & Co Ltd
Paperback edition published in 1988 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This new edition first published in 1996
in paperback by Canongate Books
This digital edition first published in 2009
by Canongate Books
Copyright © Ronald McNair Scott, 1982
The moral rights of the author have been asserted
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available
on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 746 4
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