The public image

Muriel Spark

Original title: Public Image, the

earliest edition we have, 1968 Penguin Books, 1970 hardcover 124 pages

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Annabel Christopher, a talented actress jealous of her image, is on indifferent terms with her disturbed husband, Frederick. When Frederick apparently commits suicide, his death releases leters accusing Annabel of complicity in an orgy and other immoralities, of which she knows nothing.

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Editions we hold

Public Image edition · 2018 · Birlinn, Limited · 160 pages · 9781846974335
Public Image edition · 2014 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 160 pages · 9781844089673
Public Image edition · 2014 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 160 pages · 9781405527996
The public image edition · 1993 · New Directions · 144 pages
In den Augen der Öffentlichkeit paperback · 1992 · Diogenes Verlag · 9783257224627
The public image hardcover · 1970 · Penguin Books · 124 pages · 9780140031317
Public Image edition · 1969 · Random House Publishing Group · 9780345217578
The Public Image hardcover · 1968 · Macmillan Company · 192 pages · 9780333090183

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