An Expensive Place to Die. Len Deighton
Читать онлайн.| Название | An Expensive Place to Die |
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| Автор произведения | Len Deighton |
| Жанр | Классическая проза |
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| Издательство | Классическая проза |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780007458387 |
LEN DEIGHTON
An Expensive Place to Die
Copyright
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by
Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1967
Copyright © Len Deighton 1967
Introduction copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 2012
Cover designer’s note © Arnold Schwartzman 2012
The poem ‘May’ quoted here is from Twentieth Century Chinese Poetry, translated by Kai-yu Hsu (copyright © Kai-yu Hsu 1963) and reprinted by permission of Doubleday & Co. Inc., New York
Len Deighton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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Source ISBN: 9780007448349
Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN: 9780007458387 Version: 2017-05-23
Epigraph
Do not disturb the President of the Republic
except in the case of world war.
Instructions for night duty officers
at the Élysée Palace
You should never beat a woman,
not even with a flower.
The Prophet Mohammed
Dying in Paris is a terribly expensive
business for a foreigner.
Oscar Wilde
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