The Heckler

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

First published in the U.S.A. 1960 First published in Great Britain by T. V. Boardman 1962 Published in Penguin Books 1966 Copyright © Ed McBain, 1960

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard Printing Ltd., Aylesbury Set in Monotype Times Roman

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