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First published in the USA by Little Brown & Co. 1958
Published in Great Britain by Collins 1958
Published by Penguin Books Ltd 1970
Published by Penguin Books Inc 1971
Copyright © Ved Mehta, 1958
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Printed in the United States of America by
Kingsport Press Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee
Set in Linotype Granjon
The author wishes to thank the Atlantic Monthly for permission to reprint material which first appeared in their pages