NMLP P-011841 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Comfort of Strangers

Ian McEwan · Jonathan Cape (London) · 1981

Jonathan Cape, London, 1981 is the true first; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1981 (ISBN 0-671-42850-0) is the first US edition and does not have precedence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011841 for "The Comfort of Strangers" by Ian McEwan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011841, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).