Pelicans ISBN 0 14 02.1287 6 - The Death of the Family

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published by Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1971 Published in Pelican Books 1972 Copyright © David Cooper, 1971

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

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