First published in Great Britain in 2010 by
Quercus
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London
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German original, Bunker, first published by Edition Nautilus.
English translation Copyright © 2010 by Anthea Bell
Copyright © 2009 by Edition Nautilus
Published by agreement with Edition Nautilus.
The moral right of Andrea Maria Schenkel to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988.
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ISBN 978 1 84916 112 1
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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