This paperback edition published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Apollo, an imprint of Head of Zeus Ltd.

Copyright © Richard Power, 1969

Introduction © Declan Kiberd, 2016

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ISBN (PB) 9781784977412

ISBN (E) 9781787977405

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