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First published in Czechoslovakia under the title Zbabělci 1958 Published in the U.S.A., 1970 First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd 1958 Published in Penguin Books 1972 Reprinted 1980 __
Copyright © JJosef Škvorecký, 1958
Copyright © Grove Press, Inc., 1970
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