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Trying to find a typo-free edition. The Vintage International edition I have (with illustration of a man in a sea of red) is riddled with errors. As a test, could you confirm the edition you have and if this text from Part 2 Chapter 4 reads “Like the shoreline, they began with no real beginning, to slope gently downward from the nape of her neck...”? My edition replaces “nape” with “cape,” which is incorrect.

George I was a professional copy editor. In any collection of text as long as a novel, I knew to expect that despite our best efforts there would be at least…moreI was a professional copy editor. In any collection of text as long as a novel, I knew to expect that despite our best efforts there would be at least one typo not caught before publication, and usually more.

Yours is a futile quest.(less)

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I am 15 years old and want to read this book, is it appropriate for a person of my age?

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