House of Cards

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published in the U.S.A. 1967 Published in Great Britain by Macdonald 1967 Published in Penguin Books 1968 Copyright © Stanley Ellin, 1967

Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd, Manchester 11 Set in Monotype Times New Roman

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