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Author: Muriel Spark Title: The Ballad Of Peckham Rye Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd. Country: UK Date: 1963 Format: Paperback Class Number: 823.914 Genre: Fiction, Society First Published:   1960 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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penuin books 1909 (so stated on fly page & base of spine)greer
143pp incl. 6pp titles, indica, plus blank final p.

inside b/cvr lists penguins 1546, "memento mori"; and 1910, "the bachelors"; 1911, "the comforters" & 1912, "the go-away bird and other stories", also by muriel spark and (#1910-12) published simultaneously in penguin p/bs.

a textiles firm in peckham, south london, hires an edinburgh arts m.a. to introduce vision into the lives of their workers, which he proceeds to do. and also tears, absenteeism, fraud, blackmail, violence and murder. with a light laugh, of course. for dougal douglas was born with the horns on his head.
and now he's a legend in peckham.

cover art drawing by terence greer.
price 2/6 (on front cover)

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