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This is a true story. But in order to protect the innocent,
and the many more guilty, all the names (with the exception of a few famous
prison inmates from Bolivia) have been changed. The names chosen are fictitious.
Any similarity they bear to real people’s names is entirely coincidental.

To Sylvia, Simone and the backpackers

First published 2003 in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

First published 2003 in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson

This edition published 2004 by Pan Books
an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd
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ISBN 0 330 41958 7

Copyright © Rusty Young 2003

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prosecution and civil claims for damages.

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