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  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960–

  A clue to the exit: a novel / Edward St. Aubyn.—First U.S. edition.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 978-1-250-04603-1 (trade paperback)

  ISBN 978-1-250-04604-8 (e-book)

  1. Authors—Fiction. 2. Women gamblers—Fiction. 3. Terminally ill—Fiction. I. Title.

  PR6069.T134C58 2015

  823'.914—dc23

  2015018598

  e-ISBN 9781250046048

  Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus

  First U.S. Edition: September 2015