Editing Funeral in Berlin (section)

==Legal dispute==
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The UK publication of ''Funeral in Berlin'' brought on a lawsuit: At the novel's climax, the protagonist and Hallam meet at a fireworks party where they discuss the hazards of fireworks. The dialogue went on to say the Home Office was hampered from taking action by vested interests, and mentioned [[Brocks Fireworks|Brock's Fireworks]], a UK company, by name. Brock's objected to this, and sued for [[libel]].{{dub|date=January 2023}} The complaint was upheld, and the 1972 Penguin edition had the dialogue deleted. This ruling did not affect books published elsewhere, which continued to contain the offending material.