NMLP P-014552 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Getaway

Jim Thompson · Signet (Signet S1584) · 1958

The Signet paperback original is the true first; for over a decade the only other appearance was the French Serie Noire translation. Movie tie-in editions (after the 1972 Peckinpah film and the 1994 remake) are much later reprints.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014552 for "The Getaway" by Jim Thompson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014552, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).