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First published 2016
Copyright © James Robertson, 2016
Cover illustrations by Nicholas John Frith
The moral right of the author has been asserted
ISBN: 978-0-241-97054-6
Author’s Note
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In loving memory of Owen Fraser Stewart (1973–2015).
And for Isla Catherine Isabel Macdonald (born 2015).
By the same author
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Joseph Knight
The Testament of Gideon Mack
And the Land Lay Still
Republics of the Mind
The Professor of Truth
365: Stories
do not tell me
said warty bliggens
that there is not a purpose
in the universe
the thought is blasphemy
– Don Marquis, ‘warty bliggens the toad’
The geography in this book is not to be trusted.
