An Area of Darkness

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia __
First published by Andre Deutsch 1964 Published in Pelican Books 1968 __
Copyright © V. S. Naipaul, 1964 __
Made and printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, London, Reading and Fakenham Set in Monotype Imprint

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