Many of the stories in No Comebacks were written earlier, with some originally appearing in Penthouse and The Best Detective Stories of 1974 . Notably, several are set in the Republic of Ireland, where Forsyth was living at the time. The collection was published by Hutchinson in the United Kingdom in 1982, with a first edition hardback of 256 pages. A paperback edition followed from Bantam Books in 1983. Nearly thirty years later, Arrow released a 2011 paperback edition (318 pages, ISBN 9780099559870), a testament to the collection's continued relevance and popularity.
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