The Iron Staircase

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L’Escalier de Fer published in France 1953 This translation first published by Hamish Hamilton 1963 Published in Penguin Books 1967 Copyright © Georges Simenon, 1953 Translation copyright © Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1963

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