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First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970 Published in Penguin Books for sale outside the United Kingdom 1971 Published in Penguin Books for sale within the United Kingdom 1972 Copyright © Saul Bellow, 1969, 1970 This book originally appeared in Atlantic Monthly in a different form.
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