Penguins ISBN 0 14 00.4060 9 - Pasmore

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First published by Longman 1972 Published in Penguin Books 1976 Copyright © David Storey, 1972

Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Set in Monotype Plantin

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