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The Winner was first published in New York by Warner Books in December 1997. A British Library note on the Chivers large print edition states that the standard British edition came from Simon & Schuster in London in 1998, and the BNB records it under ISBN 0684819724. A second Simon & Schuster 1998 ISBN, 0684819732, is listed by Open Library as a 513 page paperback, a different format from the first. Book Club Associates also issued a London edition dated 1998 without an ISBN; it is a book club copy. Look for the Simon & Schuster London imprint and the 0684819724 ISBN.
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Simon & Schuster, London, in 1998, in hardback.
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