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The true first is the Australian hardback from the Knopf Australia imprint of Penguin Random House Australia, published on 31 October 2023, ISBN 9781761343452. Chatto & Windus bought the British rights in November 2023 and published the first British edition as a hardback on 30 May 2024, ISBN 9781784745677, 288 pages. The American Knopf hardback (9780593802335) is also dated 2024, and a British paperback (9781529935479) followed in 2025. For a British first, the title page and copyright page should name Chatto & Windus, with a 2024 date and the hardback ISBN. No source opened gives an impression line, a print run or the printed jacket price.
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Chatto & Windus, London, in 2024, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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