A Mysterious Affair of Style (20 page)

Gilbert Adair published novels, essays, translations, children’s books and poetry. He also wrote screenplays, including
The Dreamers
from his own novel for Bernardo Bertolucci. He died in 2011.

First published in 2007
by Faber & Faber Limited
Bloomsbury House,
74–77 Great Russell Street,
London
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This ebook edition first published in 2014

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© Gilbert Adair, 2007

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ISBN 978–0–571–31977–0

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