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First published by Vintage in 2009

Copyright © Anson Cameron 2009

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This is a work of fiction. All central characters are fictional, and any resemblance to actual persons is entirely coincidental. In order to provide the story with a context, real names of places are used as well as some actual events. A number of high-profile people are also referred to, but there is no suggestion that the events described concerning them ever occurred.

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National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Cameron, Anson, 1961–.
Stealing Picasso.

ISBN 978 1 74166 917 6 (pbk).

Art thefts – Fiction.
Painters – Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.) – Fiction.

A823.3

Cover design by design by committee