NMLP P-015536 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Honourable Schoolboy

John le Carré · Hodder & Stoughton (London) · 1977

UK Hodder & Stoughton (1977) precedes the US Knopf edition (1977); the UK Hodder printing is the true first. The second Karla novel; won the 1977 CWA Gold Dagger and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015536 for "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John le Carré (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015536, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).