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  About the Author

  Gregor Hens, born in 1965, is a German writer and translator. He has notably translated Will Self, Jonathan Lethem and George Packer into German.

  Will Self is the author of many novels and books of non-fiction, including Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2012, and Shark, published in 2014. He lives in South London.

  Jen Calleja is a writer, translator, curator and musician. She has translated prose and poetry for Bloomsbury, PEN International, the Austrian Cultural Forum London and the Goethe-Institut.

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  Copyright © Gregor Hens, 2011

  Translation © Jen Calleja, 2015

  Originally published in Germany by S. Fischer Verlag in 2011

  This edition first published in Great Britain by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2015

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  The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut London.

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