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La Mort heureuse first published by Editions Gallimard 1971
Published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1972
Published in Penguin Books 1973
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Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 1971
Translation copyright © Alfred A. Knopf and Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1972
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Set in Linotype Pilgrim
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