I Thank a Fool (novel)

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I Thank a Fool
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First edition (UK)
Author Audrey Erskine Lindop
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Publisher Collins (Britain)
Doubleday (US)
Publication date
1958
Media typePrint

I Thank a Fool is a 1958 novel by the British writer Audrey Erskine Lindop. [1] In the United States it was published by Doubleday under the alternative title of Mist over Talla.

In 1962 it was adapted into a film I Thank a Fool starring Susan Hayward, Peter Finch and Diane Cilento.

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References

  1. Vinson p.253

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