Bedlam (Brookmyre novel)

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Bedlam
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First edition
Author Christopher Brookmyre
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Satire, black humour, science fiction
PublisherOrbit
Publication date
7 February 2013
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages384
ISBN 0356502139 (Hardback first edition)
Preceded by Jaggy Splinters  

Bedlam is Christopher Brookmyre's seventeenth novel. It was published in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2013. [1] The book has been turned into a video game, also written by Brookmyre. [2]

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