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Random House published the book in New York in November 2012 (ISBN 9781400067824). The British edition is the Allen Lane hardback, London 2012, ISBN 1 84614 156 7 (9781846141560), sold in a dust jacket; Allen Lane also issued an ebook (9780718197902) the same year. UK copies are found with the subtitle Things That Gain from Disorder or How to Live in a World We Don't Understand, and the Penguin paperback of 2013 (ISBN 9780141038223, 20 cm) is catalogued under both, so the subtitle alone does not separate issues. A softcover is not the first. Check the copyright page for the Allen Lane imprint, 2012 and the printing line.
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Allen Lane, London, in 2012, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 2 November 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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