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  Originally published in somewhat different form in Japan as Gurotesku by Bungei Shunju in 2003.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Kirino, Natsuo, [date]

  [Gurotesuku. English]

  Grotesque / Natsuo Kirino ; translated by Rebecca Copeland.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  “A Borzoi book” “Originally published in Japan as Gurotesuku by Bungei Shunju in 2003”—T.p. verso.

  I. Copeland, Rebecca L., [date] II. Title.

  PL855.I566G8713 2007

  895.6'35—dc22 2006048594

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-26729-0

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