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. ^M THE «•"* Pi AVERS COME AGAIN "Literate, witty entertainment. . Among the best she has writtenP The New YoiMimes Dook P- •' ate Pansier rnvestigate^ theliterory mystery ofthecentury. © Ballantine/Mystery/36998(CanadaS699)U.S.S5.99 [m/I I Ln I [T J io ivo I PRAISE FOR AMANDA CROSS AND THE PLAYERS COME AGAIN "If by some cruel oversight you haven't discovered Amanda Cross, you have an uncommon pleasure in store for you." The New York Times Book Review "Amanda Cross writes wonderfully witty mysteries full of well-developed characters and insights on modern foibles." UPI "Elegant and intelligent . . . Another literate liter- ary suspense story." & Raleigh News Observer "Cross is in top form here, writing the kind of witty, sophisticated story that will satisfy both fans of elegant mysteries and artful novels." The Orlando Sentinel Also by Amanda Cross Published byBallantine Books: DEATH IN A TENURED POSITION THE JAMES JOYCE MURDER NO WORD FROM WINIFRED THE QUESTION OF MAX SWEET DEATH, KIND DEATH A TRAP FOR FOOLS THE PLAYERS COME AGAIN Amanda Cross BALLANTINE BOOKS • NEW YORK Saleofthisbookwithoutafrontcovermaybeunauthorized. Ifthis book is coverless, it may have been reported to the publisher as *'unsold or destroyed" and neither the author nor the publisher may have received payment for it. Copyright © 1990 by Amanda Cross All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copy- right Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House ofCanada Limited, Toronto. GratefulacknowledgmentismadetoVikingPenguin, adivisionof Penguin Books USA Inc., forpermission toreprintexcerpts from "The Masks ofGods" from OCCIDENTAL MYTHOLOGY by © Joseph Campbell. Copyright 1964 by Joseph Campbell. Re- printed by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. Library ofCongress Catalog Card Number: 90-53122 ISBN 0-345-36998-X This edition published by arrangement with Random House, Inc. Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica First Ballantine Books Edition: November 1991 To Grace K. Baruch 1936-1988 **The sweetness of this content overflowing runs downthe wallsofmy mind, andliberatesunderstand- ing. Wander no more, I say; this is the end. The oblong has been set upon the square; the spiral is on top. We have been hauled over the shingle, down to the sea. The players come again." — Virginia Woolf, The Waves One Part
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