NMLP P-015443 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Cannibal

John Hawkes · New Directions · 1949

The US New Directions edition is the true first. There is no preceding UK edition. The substantially revised 1962 New Directions edition is a 'first thus,' not the first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015443 for "The Cannibal" by John Hawkes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015443, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).