by Ann Quin
COPYRIGHT
This edition published in 2021 by And Other Stories
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Copyright © Ann Quin, 1969
First published in 1969 by Calder and Boyars Ltd
Introduction copyright © Claire-Louise Bennett, 2021
Cover photo of Ann Quin copyright © Andrew Lanyon, 1968
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transported in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher of this book. The right of Ann Quin to be identified as author of this work and Claire-Louise Bennett as the introduction writer has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or
places is entirely coincidental.
ISBN: 9781911508939
eBook ISBN: 9781911508922
Offset by Tetragon, London; Cover Design: Ronaldo Alves after a Quin series design by Edward Bettison. Printed and bound on acid-free, age-resistant Munken Premium by CPI Limited, Croydon, UK.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
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