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L’Ombre chinoise first published 1932 First published in Great Britain, under the title The Shadow in the Courtyard in The Triumph of Inspector Maigret, by Hurst & Blackett 1934 This translation first published in 1964 by Penguin Books
Copyright © A. Fayard et Cie, 1932
Translation copyright ©
Jean Stewart, 1964
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