BITTER LEMON PRESS

First published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by Bitter Lemon Press, 37 Arundel Gardens, London W11 2LW Reprinted 2006, 2007, 2010

First published in Italian as Testimone inconsapevole by Sellerio editore, Palermo, 2002

This edition is published with the financial assistance of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

© Sellerio editore, Palermo, 2002 English translation © Patrick Creagh, 2005

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher.

The moral rights of Patrick Creagh and Gianrico Carofiglio have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

P. 86: ‘The Boxer’, Words & Music by Paul Simon © Paul Simon, 1968. Used by Permission of Music Sales Limited. All rights reserved. International Copyright Secured. P. 71: ‘The River’ by Bruce Springsteen © Bruce Springsteen, 1980. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. P. 85: ‘Please Forgive Me’ © David Gray, 1998. Reprinted with kind permission of Chrysalis Music Ltd. Extracts from the English Translation of Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) on pp. 98, 100 are © Katherine Woods, 1945.

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eISBN : 978-1-904-73875-6

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