Fadeout

US Harper & Row, New York, 1970 is the true first — the census claim is confirmed. It is the first Dave Brandstetter novel and the first novel published under Hansen's own name (his earlier fiction appeared as by James Colton), and a landmark of the gay private-eye novel. The first UK edition followed two years later from Harrap, London, 1972 (ISBN 0245518584) and does not precede; it is collected as the first English edition only.