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Texts by Muriel Spark © Copyright Administration Limited, 2004, 2015

Afterword by Michael Schmidt © Michael Schmidt, 2015

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 784101 244

The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England

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