Following on from this post, some brilliant news.
The publisher’s in question (Hodder) got back to me with admirable speed and not only promised to exchange the book for me but also to give me another paperback title of my choosing from their catalogue…! How funky’s that!? The only drawback is that I actually I want a couple of titles, but I didn’t want to be greedy so I select Dune as my freebie. Looking forward to it.

Of course, the downside is the fact that I’m in Egypt for the next few months, so time-until-book-collection could take a while. Still, it’s nice to have a positive result, and full marks to Hodder for their admirable customer service and swift replies. Service matters!