NMLP P-005713 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers · Simon & Schuster · 2000

US Simon & Schuster is the true first, preceding the UK (Picador) edition. Eggers's debut; the original unrevised first-printing front matter and acknowledgments differ from those of later printings.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005713 for "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005713, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).