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Jonathan Cape hardback, published 29 August 2019 on the same day as the Penguin Books India edition and a few days ahead of Random House in the US (3 September 2019), so the Cape issue is a true first. The hardback ISBN 978-1-78733-191-4 identifies it; national library records give xii, 390 pages at 24 cm, while trade listings give the extent as 416 pages. The library record also carries a second ISBN, 978-1-78733-192-1, for another Cape format, so check the ISBN on the copyright page against the hardback number. UNVERIFIED: no first-issue jacket price was found in any source.
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Jonathan Cape, in 2019, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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