Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
AUSTRALIA: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham Victoria
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First published by Hamish Hamilton 1961
Published in Penguin Books 1964
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Copyright © Maurice Edelman, 1961
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Made and Printed in Great Britain
by Butler & Tanner Ltd
Frome and London
Set in Monotype Garamond
TO E. R. E. WITH LOVE
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