NMLP P-032039 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

In a Free State

V. S. Naipaul · André Deutsch (London) · 1971

UK André Deutsch edition is the true first; the US edition (Alfred A. Knopf, New York) followed in 1971. Naipaul's 2001 Nobel Prize raised collector demand.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032039 for "In a Free State" by V. S. Naipaul (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032039, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).