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The novel came out in 2001, and the British Library record of the 2002 Chivers large print edition notes that the standard edition was first published in London by Bantam in 2001. Booksellers date the Bantam Press softcover, ISBN 0-593-04906-3, to 2001, while the Bantam Press hardback, ISBN 0-593-04903-9, carries a publication date of 4 February 2002 (368 pages). A single library record lists both Bantam Press ISBNs together. Check the copyright page for the first published date. The 2010 Bantam paperback (ISBN 978-0-553-82455-1) is a reissue, not a first.
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Bantam Press, London, in 2001, in paperback.
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