Free Fall

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Copyright © Nicolai Lilin 2010

Translation copyright © Jamie Richards 2011

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First published in Italy as Caduta libera in 2010 by

Giulio Einaudi editore, s.p.a., Torino

First published in Great Britain in 2011 by

Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh

This edition published in 2011 by The Text Publishing Company

National Library of Australia

Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Author: Lilin, Nicolai, 1980-

Title: Free fall : a sniper’s story / Nicolai Lilin.

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9781921758409 (pbk.)

Subjects: Lilin, Nicolai, 1980-. Snipers—Russia—Chechnia—Biography. Special Forces (Military science)—Russia—Chechnia—History. Chechnia (Russia)—History—Civil War, 1994-1996.

Dewey Number: 355.0092

Primary print ISBN: 9781921758409

Ebook ISBN: 9781921834745