Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970
Published in Pelican Books 1972
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Copyright © Dick Wilson, 1970
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
Set in Monotype Times
To Abdur Razzaq of Dacca who first made Asia come alive in my mind
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