The Absolutist

Copyright

Copyright © John Boyne 2011

Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers

Production Editor: Yvonne E. Cárdenas

Design revisions for this edition by Cassandra J. Pappas

This book was set in 11.5 pt Giovanni Book by Falcon Oast Graphic Art Ltd.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Boyne, John, 1971–

The absolutist / John Boyne.

p. cm.

“Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Doubleday.”

eISBN: 978-1-59051-553-2

1. Soldiers—Fiction. 2. Gay men—Fiction. 3. World War, 1914-1918—Campaigns—Western Front—Fiction. 4. World War, 1914-1918—Conscientious objectors—Fiction. I. Title.

PR6102.O96A27 2012

823′.92—dc22

2012000433

Publisher’s Note:

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

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