Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 Oct 2026.
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Canongate published the first edition in Edinburgh on 13 August 2020 as a hardback in dust jacket, ISBN 9781786892706 (1786892707), about 304 pages. Viking published the American edition in New York the same year under ISBN 9780525559474; that is a separate first and not the UK one. Canongate's trade paperback (ISBN 9781786892720), which some dealers call a first edition, is the first paperback rather than the hardback first. The book was much reprinted after it became a bestseller, so check the copyright page for the printing line.
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Canongate, Edinburgh, in 2020, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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