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First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Canongate Books Ltd
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First Grove Atlantic hardcover editon: April 2021
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For Mighty A, and my Second Stanley
Contents
PART I I Don’t Believe in God, but I Miss Him
8 The Mary Magdalene Treatment
15 Mighty A, Greedy C and Missing Q
18 About Five Hours Later . . .
24 The Things that Andrew Black Reported to Sergeant Claybourn
