The Foundling Boy (45 page)

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First published in France as
Le jeune homme vert
by Éditions Gallimard, 1975

Copyright © Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1975

English translation copyright © Julian Evans, 2013

First published in Great Britain in 2013
by Gallic Books, 59 Ebury Street,
London, SW1W 0NZ

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