NMLP P-014557 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Grifters

Jim Thompson · Regency Books (RB 110) · 1963

Paperback is the true first. Reissued later (e.g., by Berkley and tie-in editions after the 1990 film); those are reprints/first-thus.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014557 for "The Grifters" by Jim Thompson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014557, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).