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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2020

      First published in the US in 2020 by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

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      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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      Source ISBN: 9780008303785

      Ebook Edition © May 2020 ISBN: 9780008303808

      Version: 2020-04-22

       Dedication

       For Jane Davis, with boundless gratitude

       Epigraph

      What a journey I have made, the things I have seen … Give me a jug of water and human flesh. Give me air to breathe and a strong sailing wind when I rise from the underworld.

      BOOK OF THE DEAD, EGYPTIAN FUNERARY TEXT