The Passport

Copyright

This edition published in 2009

First published in this translation in Great Britain in 1989 by

SERPENT’S TAIL

an imprint of Profile Books Ltd

3A Exmouth House

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London ECIR OJH

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First published as Der Mensch ist ein grosser Fasan auf der Welt

By Rotbuch Verlag, Berlin, 1986

Copyright © Rotbuch Verlag, 1986

Translation copyright © Serpent’s Tail, 1989

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ISBN 978 1 85242 139 7

eISBN 978 1 84765 249 2