Hard Word

by John Clanchy

  First published 2002 by University of Queensland Press

  PO Box 6042, St Lucia, Queensland 4067 Australia

  www.uqp.com.au

  © John Clanchy, 2002

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  This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are fictitious.

  Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

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  Cataloguing in Publication Data

  National Library of Australia

  Clanchy, John

  The Hard Word

  I. Title.

  A823.3

  ISBN: 9780702233326 (pbk)

  ISBN: 9780702258831 (pdf)

  ISBN: 9780702258848 (epub)

  ISBN: 9780702258855 (kindle)