Killing a Mouse on Sunday

Killing a Mouse on Sunday is a 1961 thriller novel by the British-Hungarian writer Emeric Pressburger, best known as a film producer. In Francoist Spain a Civil Guard officer attempts to lure a notorious exiled guerrilla fighter back across the border from France.

Killing a Mouse on Sunday

First edition
Author	Emeric Pressburger
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	William Collins, Sons
Publication date	1961
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The anarchist Quico Sabaté's death inspired the book.^[1]

Adaptation

In 1964 it was adapted into a Hollywood film Behold a Pale Horse directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and Omar Sharif.^[2]