King of the Rainy Country

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First published in the United States by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, 1965 Published by Prnguin Books Inc. by arrangement with Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1966 Published in Penguin Books 1968 Reprinted 1975 Copyright © Nicholas Freeling 1965

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