NMLP P-033147 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Quantity Theory of Insanity

Will Self · Bloomsbury (London) · 1991

UK Bloomsbury (1991) is the true first; it was published as a paperback original. The first hardcover did not appear until the US Atlantic Monthly Press edition (1995). Do not look for a 1991 Bloomsbury hardcover as the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033147 for "The Quantity Theory of Insanity" by Will Self (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033147, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).