NMLP P-006996 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart · Grove Press / Picador (US/UK) · 2020

The US Grove Press hardcover (11 February 2020) is the true first, preceding the UK Picador editions; the Picador hardcover (August 2020) is the 2020 Booker-winning issue. Debut novel; collectors distinguish the US true first from the Booker-winning UK Picador first. Both are sought.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-006996 for "Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006996, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).