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ISBN 978-1-5290-5211-4
Copyright © 2017 Sosuke Natsukawa
Translation copyright © Louise Heal Kawai 2021
Jacket illustration by Yoko Tanji
Design: Ami Smithson, Picador Art Department
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(HON O MAMOROUTOSURU NEKO NO HANASHI)
by Sosuke Natsukawa.
Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN INC.
English edition arranged with SHOGAKUKAN,
through EMILY PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD.
and CASANOVAS & LYNCH LITERARY AGENCY.
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