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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
Copyright © Charles Cumming 2016
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Cover photographs © Mark Owen/Trevillion Images (man, right); Tim Robinson/Arcangel Images (man, left and steps); Roy Bishop/Arcangel Images (London scene); Shutterstock.com (shoes)
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007467549
Ebook Edition © June 2016 ISBN: 9780007467532
Version: 2017-03-22
For Julia Wisdom
‘We are, I know not how, somewhat double in ourselves, so that what we believe we disbelieve, and cannot rid ourselves of what we condemn.’
Michel de Montaigne
‘Truth doesn’t always come from truthful men.’
James Salter
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