The Killer and the Slain
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First US edition | |
| Author | Hugh Walpole |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Gothic Thriller |
| Publisher | Macmillan (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1942 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Killer and the Slain is a 1942 novel by the British writer Hugh Walpole, published posthumously following his death the previous year. It recounts in first person narrative the story of a murderer who gradually turns into the man he has killed both morally and physically.[1]