Pageants of Despair

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Overview:

Title: Pageants of Despair
Author: Dennis Hamley
Year: 1974
ISBN-10: 023396505X
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Price: £1.75
Pages: 175
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Pageants of Despair
Notes:
Data from British Library (BL, below). Price from brief, negative review in "John Rowe Townsend on fantasy fiction for children of all ages", The Guardian 1974-06-12 p11.