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Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book in New York in September 2002; Bloomsbury issued the British edition in London about a month later, so this is the first UK edition rather than the true first. The British hardback carries ISBN 0 7475 6023 4, runs to 529 pages of text and was issued in a dust jacket. Two dealers describe the boards as black. Bloomsbury also put out a 2002 paperback (ISBN 0 7475 6092 7) without a jacket, and a further paperback in 2003 (ISBN 0 7475 6162 1); neither should be offered as the hardback first. Check the copyright page for a first impression, as dealers distinguish first printings from later ones.
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Bloomsbury, London, in 2002, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 26 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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