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The Free Press, New York, published the first edition in 1996 (ISBN 0684827573, xxi plus 328 pages). The first British edition is the Simon & Schuster, London, 1996 hardback, ISBN 0684819309, 328 pages with photographs and illustrations, in a dust jacket; some UK copies and listings credit The Free Press imprint with a London address. Dealers describe it as the first British edition, first printing. The Touchstone paperback and the 2011 revised and updated Free Press edition are later.
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Simon & Schuster, London, in 1996, 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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