VINTAGE

UK | USA | Canada | Ireland | Australia
New Zealand | India | South Africa

Vintage is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com.

First published in the United Kingdom by Heinemann in 1958
First published by Vintage Classics in 2022

Copyright © 1958 A. E. Ellis

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Cover Illustration © Icinori
Cover Design © Suzanne Dean

ISBN: 978-1-473-59457-9

This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.