AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MYSELF
Jonathan Meades
Fourth Estate
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First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2014
Copyright © Jonathan Meades 2014
Jonathan Meades asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
Parts of this book have appeared in different forms in London: City of Disappearances, Granta, the New Yorker and The Times
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Cover typefaces: Mistral and Antique Olive by Roger Excoffon
Cover design: Jonathan Pelham
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Source ISBN: 9781857028492
Ebook Edition © May 2014 ISBN: 9780007568918
Version: 2015-02-05
For The Dead
Nothing wilfully invented.
Memory invents unbidden.
Contents
Close the Door they’re coming in the Window
Major Ferguson and Major Veale
Major Johnstone and Major Corlett