Copyright © 1931 by T. F. Powys

All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or website review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.

Published by arrangement with the Estate of T. F. Powys, represented by Peters, Frasers & Dunlop, Ltd., London

Manufactured in the United States of America

First published as a New Directions Paperbook (NDP1427) in 2018

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Powys, Theodore Francis, 1875–1953, author.

Title: Unclay / by T. F. Powys.

Description: New York, NY : New Directions Publishing, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018025667 (print) | LCCN 2018040839 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780811228206 (ebook) | ISBN 9780811228190 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Death (Personification)—Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PR6031.O873 (ebook) | LCC PR6031.O873 U43 2018 (print) | DDC 823/.912—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025667

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