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Copyright © 1947 by John Horne Burns

Introduction to the 2013 Edition copyright © 2013 by David Margolick

Introduction copyright © 2004 by Paul Fussell

All rights reserved.

Cover photograph: Jet pilot helmets, 1946; Charles E. Steinheimer / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

Cover design: Katy Homans

The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

Burns, John Horne, 1916–1953.

 The gallery / John Horne Burns; Introduction by Paul Fussell.
   p. cm. — (New York Review Books classics)

 ISBN 1-59017-080-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 1. Italy—History—Allied occupation, 1943–1947—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Italy—Naples—Fiction. 3. Americans—Italy—Fiction. 4. Naples (Italy)—Fiction. 5. Soldiers—Fiction. 6. Gay men—Fiction.

I. Title. II. Series.

 PS3503.U6385G3 2004

 813'.54—dc22

2004000089

eISBN 978-1-59017-807-2
v1.0

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