Angels at the Ritz and Other Stories

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First published by The Bodley Head 1975 First published in the United States of America by the Viking Press 1976 Published in Penguin Books 1979

Copyright © William Trevor, 1975 All rights reserved

These stories first appeared in Encounter, Irish Press, London Magazine, New Review, Nova, Transatlantic Review, The Eighth Ghost Book, Winter’s Tales from Ireland.

Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Set in Linotype Granjon

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