# Is "Red the Fiend" by Gilbert Sorrentino a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Red the Fiend by Gilbert Sorrentino (Fromm International, 1995) is identified by: First Fromm International edition, 1995. True first is the 1995 Fromm International (New York) hardcover.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Fromm International edition, 1995
- Hardcover in dust jacket (red cloth spine over taupe boards), ISBN 0-88064-163-0
- Confirm via the Fromm imprint and a first-printing dust jacket without later-printing notations
- Publisher imprint reads Fromm International
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gilbert Sorrentino |
| Publisher | Fromm International |
| Year | 1995 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Fromm International edition, 1995 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Fromm International edition, 1995. Hardcover in dust jacket (red cloth spine over taupe boards), ISBN 0-88064-163-0. Confirm via the Fromm imprint and a first-printing dust jacket without later-printing notations.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 1995 Fromm International (New York) hardcover. A later Dalkey Archive paperback reissue exists but does not hold precedence over the Fromm first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition of note.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Red the Fiend* by Gilbert Sorrentino a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/red-the-fiend
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.