NMLP P-010016 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Big Blowdown
George Pelecanos · St. Martin's Press · 1996
The US St. Martin's Press hardcover (June 1996) is the true first; it is the first novel of the DC Quartet. The UK Serpent's Tail edition did not appear until 2000, so the US issue is the genuine first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010016 for "The Big Blowdown" by George Pelecanos (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010016, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).