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REGINALD HILL
THE WOODCUTTER
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Published by HarperCollins 2010
Copyright © Reginald Hill 2010
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Source ISBN: 9780007343874
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2015 ISBN: 9780007343898 Version: 2015-09-18
For John Lennard
a poet among critics
a true friend to writers
and a fountain of knowledge
who by imagining what he knows
helps us to know what we imagine
‘Insensé, dit-il, le jour où j’avais résolu de me venger, de ne pas m’être arraché le coeur!’ *
Alexander Dumas: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
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