NMLP P-010227 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

George Saunders · Riverhead Books · 2005

US Riverhead hardcover of 2005 is the true first; a UK Bloomsbury edition followed and does not precede it.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010227 for "The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil" by George Saunders (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010227, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).