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Copyright © Daisy Dunn 2019
Cover image: Vesuvius, 1985 (screenprint in colours),
Warhol, Andy (1928–87) / Private Collection Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images.
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Maps by Martin Brown
Lines from ‘The Barn’ from Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney reproduced courtesy of Faber and Faber Ltd.
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Source ISBN: 9780008211097
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008211103
Version: 2019-04-24
For my grandparents, Don and Wendy Short
Contents
Dedication
11. A Difficult, Arduous, Fastidious Thing