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001			ocm37201399
003			OCoLC
005			20161020165145.0
008			970619s1998 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 97023899
020			_a1573220825 (alk. paper)
020			_a9781573220828 (alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dFIT _dOCL _dOCLCQ _dBAKER _dNLGGC _dYDXCP _dBTCTA _dKAAUA _dDEBBG _dTNF _dOCLCO _dLECLR
043			_ae-uk-en
050	0	0	_aPR6066.E167 _bI57 1998
082	0	0	_a823/.914 _221
084			_a18.05 _2bcl
084			_aHN 9990 _2rvk
100	1		_aPears, Iain. _926578
245	1	3	_aAn instance of the fingerpost /
260			_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c1998.
300			_a691 p. ; _c25 cm.
505	0	0	_tA question of precedence -- _tThe great trust -- _tThe character of compliance -- _tAn instance of the fingerpost.
520			_aA novel on the way we interpret events to suit our purpose. The protagonists are four people giving evidence in a murder in 17th century England. One blames the crime on too much authority, another on the lack of it. A look at the controversies of the day, from medical experiments to religious freethinking.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _92497
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _yCharles II, 1660-1685 _vFiction. _926579
651		0	_aOxford (England) _vFiction. _926580
655		7	_aMystery fiction. _2gsafd _926581
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _92497
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aPears, Iain. _tInstance of the fingerpost. _dNew York : Riverhead Books, 1998 _w(OCoLC)606472889
942			_2ddc _cF
999			_c38886 _d38886