The Crash of Hennington. Patrick Ness

The Crash of Hennington

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THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON

Patrick Ness

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Published by Flamingo 2003

First published in Great Britain by Flamingo 2003

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Source ISBN: 9780007292028

Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2011 ISBN: 9780007390342 Version: 2017-01-03

‘Souls have complexions, too: what will suit one will not suit another.’

GEORGE ELIOT Middlemarch

For Marc Nowell

And in memory of my remarkable great aunt, Ingeborg Utheim 1915–1999

Cover

Title Page

Prologue. In.

Part I. Welcome to Hennington.

1. The Solari.

2. A Confluence of Nudity.