Penguins 2962 - The Spike

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

First published by Hutchinson 1965 Published in Penguin Books 1969 Copyright © Peter Forster, 1965

Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd Set in Linotype Pilgrim

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