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Authors: John le Carre

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A Murder of Quality (20 page)

John le Carrè,

October 2010.

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First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd 1962
Published in Penguin Classics 2011

Copyright © le Carrè Productions, 1961, 1989, 2011

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ISBN: 978-0-14-196745-5

Table of Contents

1 Black Candles

2 The Thursday Feeling

3 The Night of the Murder

4 Town and Gown

5 Cat and Dog

6 Holly for the Devil

7 King Arthur’s Church

8 Flowers for Stella

9 The Mourners

10 Little Women

11 A Coat For to Keep Her Warm

12 Uncomfortable Words

13 The Journey Home

14 The Quality of Mercy

15 The Road to Fielding

16 A Taste for Music

17 Rabbit Run

18 After the Ball

19 Disposal of a Legend

20 The Dross of the River

Afterword

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