010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
93044750 //r94 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0679434968 : |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
Irv |
Item number |
4 |
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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26202 |
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26202 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
Classification number |
Irv |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Irving, John, frey50 |
245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
A son of the circus |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Irving. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st trade ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Random House, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
994. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xviii, 633 p. ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
An Indian-Canadian doctor returns to Bombay to seek a cure for a disease which afflicts circus dwarfs and is caught up in a serial killing of prostitutes. The action is interspersed with commentary on the lot of social misfits: prostitutes, dwarfs, himself--the doctor regarding himself a foreigner in both India and Canada. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Detective and mystery stories |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
India |
General subdivision |
Fiction. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
Koha item type |
Fiction |
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Irv |
961 WL - |
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4 |