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First published by Andersen Press
Limited 1996
Published in Penguin Books 1997
Published in Puffin Modern Classics 2003
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Copyright © Melvin Burgess,
1996
Introduction copyright © Julia Eccleshare 2003
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ISBN-13: 978-0-141-31593-5