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      Copyright © Philip Hensher 2018

      Cover image by Albert Anker (1831–1910)

      Kleinkinderschule auf der Kirchenfeldbrücke, 1900, oil on canvas

      Gottfried Keller-Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern

      Depositum im Kunstmuseum Bern

      Extract from ‘Second’ taken from Happiness by Jack Underwood (Faber & Faber). Copyright © Jack Underwood, 2015. Reproduced by permission of Faber & Faber Ltd.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008175641

      Ebook edition: March 2018 ISBN: 9780008175665

      Version: 2018-01-30