Penguins ISBN 0 14 00.3645 8 - New Writing in India

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First published 1974 Copyright © Adil Jussawalla, 1974

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Monotype Bembo

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