Also by Chris Killen
The Bird Room
CANONGATE
Edinburgh · London
Published in Great Britain in 2015 by Canongate Books Ltd,
14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE
This digital edition first published in 2014 by Canongate Books
Copyright © Chris Killen, 2015
The moral right of the author has been asserted
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 262 9
eISBN 978 1 78211 444 4
Typeset in Sabon LT Std by Palimpsest Book Production Ltd, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
This novel was written with assistance from a grant from Arts Council England.
for Jessica
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