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First published in the U.S.A. 1961 Published in Great Britain by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1963 Published in Penguin Books 1966
Copyright © Walker Percy, 1960, 1961
A small section of this book originally appeared in Forum in slightly different form as ‘Carnival in Gentilly’.
Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Set in Monotype Baskerville
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