NMLP P-042309 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré · Hodder & Stoughton (London) · 2001
UK precedes US, but only by days, so both are collected. Hodder & Stoughton, London, published 4 January 2001; Scribner, New York, published 9 January 2001 (date per Kirkus). The Hodder & Stoughton 2001 issue is the true first; the Scribner 2001 issue is the American first and is collected in its own right. Watch for "first thus" traps: the Coronet and Pocket Books paperbacks and the 2005 film tie-in reissue are neither.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-042309 for "The Constant Gardener" by John le Carré (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042309, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).