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First published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber 1994
Copyright © Lionel Shriver 1994
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.
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Source ISBN: 9780007578016
Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007301751
Version: 04-02-2014
To the
NAIROBI PRESS CORPS
whom I can thank for
my most barbaric opinions,
and none of whose number
ever batted an eye
at the premise of this book.
The most dignified thing for a worm to do is to sit up and sit still.
Henry Adams
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