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Nigel Balchin

Nigel Marlin Balchin was an English psychologist and author, particularly known for his novels written during and immediately after World War II: Darkness Falls from the Air, The Small Back Room and Mine Own Executioner.

English novelist and screenwriter (1908–1970)

Born	3 December 1908
Died	17 May 1970

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The Small Back Room

by Nigel Balchin
First published in 1943
19 editions, 3 ebooks
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Mine own executioner

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1945
11 editions, 1 ebook
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A way through the wood

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1951
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Great Short Stories of the World

by Isak Dinesen, Sholem Aleichem, Aldous Huxley, Irwin Shaw, Reader's Digest Association, Truman Capote, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ernest Hemingway, Nigel Balchin, and 61 others
First published in 1972
9 editions, 9 ebooks
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A sort of traitors

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1949
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Darkness falls from the air

by Nigel Balchin
First published in 1942
8 editions, 2 ebooks
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The fall of the sparrow

by Nigel Balchin
First published in 1955
8 editions, 2 ebooks
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Kings of infinite space

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1967
7 editions, 1 ebook

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Sundry creditors

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1953
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A Way Through the Wood

by Nigel Balchin
First published in 1950
6 editions, 2 ebooks
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Small Back Room

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1949
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The Borgia testament.

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1948
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Seen dimly before dawn

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1962
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The Borgia testament

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1948
4 editions, 1 ebook
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SUNDRY CREDITORS

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1954
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In the absence of Mrs. Petersen.

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1966
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The small back room

by Nigel Balchin
First published in 1944
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In the absence of Mrs. Petersen

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1966
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The fall of the sparrow

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1955
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Mine Own Executioner

by Nigel Balchin First published in 1946
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English novelist and screenwriter (1908–1970)

Born	3 December 1908
Died	17 May 1970

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OLID: OL1401732A
ISNI: 0000000108886676
IMDb: nm0049587
Library of Congress Names: n50027042
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV032236
VIAF: 37113465
Wikidata: Q2113829
Inventaire.io: wd:Q2113829

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