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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Burroughs, William S.

Cities of the red night.

I. Title. PZ4.B972Ci [PS3552.U75] 813'.54 80-13637

ISBN 0-312-27846-2

First published in the United States by Holt, Rinehart and Winston

eISBN 9781466856608

First eBook edition: October 2013