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"Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me too well. I was... read more

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I left the car by the side of the cathedral, and then walked down the steps into the Place des Jacobins.

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This is book 7 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1957. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Eloise in Paris, and followed by On the Beach.

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  1. Daphne du Maurier (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1957
ISBN: 0385047258
Page Count: 348

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  • The Scapegoat (IMDb): The Scapegoat was released August 6, 1959; crime film based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, and starring Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey and Bette Davis.

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