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First published 2019 by Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC

First published in the UK 2019 by Macmillan

This electronic edition first published in the UK 2019 by Macmillan an imprint of Pan Macmillan 20 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RR

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ISBN 978-1-5290-3567-4

Copyright © Edward Snowden 2019.

Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral

Jacket photograph © Platon

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