The Ballroom of Romance and Other Stories

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These stories first appeared in the London Magazine, Transatlantic Review, Nova, Redbook, the Antioch Review, Winter's Tales, and Penguin Modern Short Stories. The Story ‘Going Home’ was first broadcast by BBC Radio Three as a radio play.

First published by The Bodley Head 1972 Published in Penguin Books 1976 Copyright © William Trevot, 1972

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Linotype Granjon

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