A Vintage book

Published by Random House Australia Pty Ltd

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First published by Vintage in 2009

Copyright © Deborah Forster 2009

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Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Forster, Deborah.

The book of Emmett.

ISBN 978 1 74166 786 8 (pbk).

A823.4

Cover design by Natalie Winter

Text design by Midland Typesetters

Typeset by Midland Typesetters, Australia

Printed and bound by Griffin Press, South Australia

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