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  “A book with a big brain, big laughs and a big, big heart.”

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  Copyright

  First published in the UK in 2017 by Nosy Crow Ltd

  The Crow’s Nest, 10a Lant Street

  London, SE1 1QR, UK

  www.nosycrow.com

  www.christopheredge.co.uk

  ISBN: 978 0 85763 840 3

  Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd

  Text copyright © Christopher Edge, 2017

  Cover and chapter opener illustrations copyright: Matt Saunders, 2017

  Inside illustrations copyright: Spike Gerrell, 2017

  The right of Christopher Edge to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted.

  All rights reserved

  This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of Nosy Crow Ltd.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  Printed and bound in the UK by Clays Ltd, St. Ives Plc

  Typeset by Tiger Media

  Papers used by Nosy Crow are made from wood grown in sustainable forests

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