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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
Copyright © Dolores Redondo 2013
Translation copyright © Isabelle Kaufeler 2015
Dolores Redondo asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Originally published in 2013 by Ediciones Destino, Spain, as El guardián invisible
Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018
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This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007525355
Ebook Edition © APRIL 2015 ISBN: 9780007525348
Version: 2018-03-16
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‘Dolores Redondo has broken the traditional mould of the publishing industry’
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For Eduardo, who asked me to write this book, and for Ricard Domingo, who saw it when it was invisible.
For Rubén and Esther, for making me cry with laughter.
‘Forgetting is an involuntary act. The more you want to leave something behind you, the more it follows you.’
William Jonas Barkley
‘This is no ordinary apple; it’s a magic wishing apple.’
Walt Disney’s Snow White
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