NMLP P-013277 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Crime Wave

James Ellroy · Century · 1999

The UK Century hardcover (1999) is the true first edition and precedes the US Vintage Crime/Black Lizard paperback of the same year. The record's framing of the Vintage paperback as the first is imprecise: it is the first US appearance only. Contents are eleven pieces of reportage and fiction originally from GQ.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013277 for "Crime Wave" by James Ellroy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013277, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).