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The Ballad of Peckham Rye

The wickedly farcical tale of an English factory turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Hired to do "human research" into the lives of the workers, Dougal Douglas stirs up mayhem.

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  • "Ballad of Peckham Rye"@pl
  • "Ballad of Peckham Rye"@it
  • "The ballad of Peckham Rye"@it
  • "Momento mori"

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  • "The wickedly farcical tale of an English factory turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Hired to do "human research" into the lives of the workers, Dougal Douglas stirs up mayhem."@en
  • "A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. He succeeds, but not quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets, from Miss Merle Coverdale, head of the typing pool, to Beauty, the resident femme fatale, and even Mr Druce, the unsuspecting Managing Director himself."@en
  • "The malign influence upon an English manufacturing town of a persuasive Scot, who is once ghost writer, industrial psychologist, and demon."
  • "In the dance halls of Camberwell, in the dark streets of Peckham the comic and diabolic influence of Douglas is felt."@en
  • "The plot revolves around an evil genius and charmer who turns an entire South London community on its head."

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  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Didactic fiction"@en
  • "Didactic fiction"
  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "Ballada o Peckham Rye"
  • "Ballada o Peckham Rye"@pl
  • "The Ballad of Peckham Rye"
  • "The Ballad of Peckham Rye"@en
  • "Balladen om djævelens sendebud : Steff Hartvig"@da
  • "Ballada o predmestʹe ; Momento mori : [romany]"
  • "The Ballad of Peckham rye"
  • "L'Ingénieur culturel : roman"
  • "The Ballad of Peckam Rye"
  • "Die Ballade von Peckham Rye Roman"
  • "Ballada o predmestʹe ; Memento mori : [romany]"
  • "L'ingenieur culturel : roman"
  • "L'ingénieur culturel : roman"
  • "The ballad of Peckham Rye"@en
  • "The ballad of Peckham Rye"
  • "La ballata di Peckham Rye"@it
  • "La ballata di Peckham Rye"
  • "The ballad of Peckham Rye. (Novel. Repr.)"
  • "Die Ballade von Peckham Rye : Roman"
  • "Die Ballade von Peckham Rye : Roman"@en
  • "The Ballad of Peckan Rye"
  • "The ballad of Peckham rye"
  • "Ballada o Peckham Rye. Przełożyła Halina Carroll-Najder"
  • "The ballad of Peckam Rye"
  • "Ballad of peckham rye"
  • "The Ballad of Peckham Rye ; The Bachelors"
  • "Ballado o Peckham Rye"
  • "Balladen om djævelens sendebud"@da

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