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The edition presents front-matter publishing history, copyright and reproduction notice, and identifies the translator and publication arrangements. It frames the narrative as fiction grounded in real historical circumstances, dedicating the work to victims of the Moscow Trials and situating the storyline in Paris between 1938 and 1940.","ARTHUR KOESTLER  \nBorn in Budapest In 1905, educated in Vienna, Arthur Koestler early immersed himself in the major ideological and social conflicts of his time. A Communist during the 1930’s, and visitor for a time in the Soviet Union, he became disillusioned with the Party and left it in 1938. Later that year in Spain, he was captured by the Fascist forces under Franco, and sentenced to death. Released through the last-minute intervention of the British government, he went to France where, the following year, he again was arrested for his political views. Released again in 1940, he went to England, where he has since made his home. His novels, reportage, autobiographical works, and political and cultural writings have established his worldwide eminence as a commentator on the dilemmas of our troubled century. Of his works, none demonstrates more vividly his narrative power and uncompromising clarity of vision than the remarkable  \nDARKNESS AT NOON  \nArthur Koestler  \nDarkness at Noon  \nTranslated by Daphne Hardy  \nBANTAM BOOKS  \nNEW YORK – TORONTO – LONDON – SYDNEY AUCKLAND  \nThis edition contains the complete text  \nof the original hardcover edition.  \nNOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN OMITTED.  \nDARKNESS AT NOON  \nA Bantam Book /published by arrangement with  \nThe Macmillan Company  \nPUBLISHING HISTORY  \nMacmillan edition published May 1941 Modern Library edition published June 1946  \nTime, Inc. edition published March 1962  \nBantam Edition /April 1966  \nBantam Modern Classic edition / February 1968  \nAll rights reserved.  \nCopyright © 1941 by The Macmillan Company.  \nCopyright renewed 1968 by Mrs. F. H. K. Henries (Daphne Hardy).  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted  \nin any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,  \nincluding photocopying, recording, or by any information  \nstorage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nFor information address: The Macmillan Company,  \n866 Third Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022  \nIfyou purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”  \nISBN 0-553-26595-4  \nBantam Books are published by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Croup, Inc. Its trademark. consisting of the words “Bantam Books” and the portrayal of a rooster, is Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \nRAD 45 44 45 44 43 42 41 40  \nHe who establishes a dictatorship and does not kill Brutus, or he who founds a republic and does not kill the sons of Brutus, will only reign a short time.  \nMACHIAVELLI: Discorsi  \nMan, man, one cannot live quite without pity.  \nDOSTOEVSKY: Crime and Punishment  \nThe characters in this book are fictitious. The historical circumstances which determined their actions are real. The life of the man N. S. Rubashovis a synthesis of the lives of a number of men who were victims of the socalled Moscow Trials. Several of them were personally known to the author. 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