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RANSOM DAVID MALOUF VINTAGE BOOKS Australia Copyright © 2009 David Malouf, 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
A Vintage book Published by Random House Australia Pty Ltd Level 3, 100 Pacific Highway, North Sydney NSW 2060 www.randomhouse.com.au First published by Knopf in 2009 This edition published in 2010 Copyright © David Malouf 2009 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any person or entity, including internet search engines or retailers, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying (except under the statutory exceptions provisions of the Australian Copyright Act 1968), recording, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of Random House Australia. Addresses for companies within the Random House Group can be found at www.randomhouse.com.au/offices. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry Malouf, David, 1934–. Ransom. ISBN: 978 1 74166 965 7 (pbk). Men – Fiction. A823.3 Jacket photograph by Photolibrary Jacket and text design by Christabella Designs Author photograph by Conrad Del Villar Typeset in 11/18 pt Sabon by Post Pre-press Group, Brisbane Printed and bound by Griffin Press, South Australia 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper this book is printed on is certified by the © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C. (FSC). Griffin Press holds FSC chain of custody SGS-COC-005088. FSC promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Copyright © 2009 David Malouf, 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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