Notes: 4th printing of this premium ("tall") mass-market edition. The Lowry afterword and Buehler "Suggestions for Further Exploration" are copyrighted 2016. PV1's copy purchased at a retail bookstore in May 2023. Buehler does an annotated bibliography of fiction, nonfiction, photographs, and pop culture references (e.g., "The Simpsons"). Marketed as a novel "written for young adults" (back cover), although the first edition was published for a general adult readership (LCCN given is for the first edition). The book is often assigned to secondary school classes.