The Shape of Water

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First published in 2002 by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.

Translation copyright © Stephen Sartarelli, 2002

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Originally published in Italian as La forma dell’acqua by Sellerio editore.

© 1994 Sellerio editore via Siracusa 50 Palermo.

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

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

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Camilleri, Andrea.

[La forma dell’acqua. English]

The shape of water / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

p. cm.

ISBN: 1-4362-7197-5

I. Title.

PQ 4863.A3894 F6713 2002

853'.914—dc21

2001058140

Set in Bembo

Designed by Jaye Zimet

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