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Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria
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First published by Jonthan Cape 1955
Published in Penguin Books 1961
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Copyright © William Plomer, 1958
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Cox and Wyman Ltd,
London, Reading and Fakenham
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