NMLP P-023361 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Oscar Hijuelos · Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York) · 1989

The US FSG 1989 edition is the true first. The stated 'First edition, 1989' on the copyright page is the defining point. Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; Hijuelos was the first Latino author to win the Pulitzer for Fiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023361 for "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023361, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).