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First published by Collins 1971
Published in Pelican Books 1973
Reprinted 1976
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Copyright © Vincent Cronin, 1971
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd,
Bungay, Suffolk
Set in Linotype Georgian
For CHANTAL
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