The Librarian

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Original text © 2007 Mikhail Elizarov.

First published in Russian by Ad Marginem Press LLC

The publication of this book was negotiated through Banke, Goumen & Smirnova Literary Agency (www.bgs-agency.com)

English translation © Andrew Bromfield 2015

The Librarian first published in Russian as Библиотекарь in 2007

This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2015

This ebook edition published in 2015

ISBN 978 1 782270 84 3

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