by Nick Cave
This digital edition first published in 2009 by
Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE.
Copyright © Nick Cave 2009
The moral right of the author has been asserted
‘Spinning Around’ words and music by
Abdul/Bingham/Dioguardi/Shickman, copyright © 2000,
reproduced by permission of Warner Chappell Music Publishing,
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, Bug Music, Inc. International copyright secured.
All rights reserved.
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ words and music by Freddie Mercury © 1975,
reproduced by permission of Queen Music Ltd, London W8 5SW
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The publisher apologises for any errors or omissions and would be grateful
if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints
or editions of this book.
All characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, is purely coincidental.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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ISBN 978 1 84767 548 4
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