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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018
First published in this edition in the United States of America by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008303938
Ebook Edition © ISBN: 9780008303945
Version: 2019-05-01
This book is dedicated to Reggie.
What is there left to be said about you, my friend?
You’re smart, and yet wilfully stupid. You’re good-looking, yet kind of ugly. You’ve got wonderful hair, yet you’re always wearing hats.
You’ve saved my life three times now – in contrast to the measly once that I’ve saved yours – and you’ve taught me more about Icelandic cuisine that I ever wanted to know (seriously dude – hákarl? Seriously?), but there is something that I’ve been meaning to tell you for years, but I’ve never found the right opportunity.
Remember that girl, your pen pal, back when we were kids? Remember how you kind of loved her?
That was me. Sorry, dude.
And from the nothing came the everything.
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