The Price of Diamonds

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

First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1957 Published in Penguin Books 1968 Copyright © Dan Jacobson, 1957

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt, Barnard & Co Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Monotype Times

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Author’s Note: The Price of Daimonds is a work of fiction. It does not portray any existing person, town, or institution in the Union of South Africa.