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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

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

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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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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