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The book appeared first in the United States from Random House on 12 May 2020 (hardback ISBN 9780525510314), so the Random House issue is the true first. The first British edition is The Bodley Head hardback, ISBN 9781847925190, 368 pages; the British Library's record of the London ebook cites this hardback as the print version. Later British issues are paperbacks with ISBNs 9781847925206 and 9781784708276, and a Vintage ebook (9781473554689). Check the copyright page of a Bodley Head hardback for any statement of a later impression.
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Bodley Head, UK, in 2020, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 12 November 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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