An instance of the fingerpost
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
Format
Book
ISBN
1573220825, 9781573220828, 1573227951, 9781573227957
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Description
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agawam Public Library - Fiction | F PEA | Available |
| Amherst Jones Library - Main Floor | MYSTERY Pears, Iain | Available |
| Ashfield Belding Memorial Library - ADULT Fiction | F Pears | Available |
| Easthampton Public Library - General Adult | FIC PEARS IAN INS | Available |
| Grafton Public Library - General | FIC PEARS | Available |
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
Physical Desc
691 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
1573220825, 9781573220828, 1573227951, 9781573227957
Notes
Description
A 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.
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Domestic workers -- England -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Fictional Work
Historians, English -- Fiction.
Italians in England -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- England -- Fiction.
Murder -- England -- Oxford -- Fiction.
Physicians -- England -- Fiction.
Physicians -- Italy -- Fiction.
Scholars -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Seventeenth century -- Fiction.
Students -- England -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Fictional Work
Historians, English -- Fiction.
Italians in England -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- England -- Fiction.
Murder -- England -- Oxford -- Fiction.
Physicians -- England -- Fiction.
Physicians -- Italy -- Fiction.
Scholars -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Seventeenth century -- Fiction.
Students -- England -- Fiction.
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