First published in 2003
by Faber & Faber Limited
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This ebook edition first published in 2014
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Cover image: The Stolen Kiss, c.1788 by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) © Hermitage, St Petersburg,
Russia/Bridgeman Art Library
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