The Russian Debutante's Handbook
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Riverhead Books, 2002
The first edition of The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart was published in New York by Riverhead Books in 2002. We track 2 editions.
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- Bloomsbury Publishing2003 Other I own The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Bloomsbury Publishing 2003 Log in to want this
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- Editions recorded
- 7 on Open Library, 3 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 2 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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The first edition of The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart was published in New York by Riverhead Books in 2002.
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We track 2 editions of The Russian Debutante's Handbook, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.