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008			100622s1996 xxu eng d
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100	1		_aSmith, Martin Cruz.
245	1	0	_aRose / _cMartin Cruz Smith.
250			_a1st trade ed ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c1996.
300			_a364 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aHardcover.
520			_aRose is a wonderfully rich and intricate novel set in nineteenth-century Wigan, a town located in the coal country of Lancashire. Its protagonist, Jonathan Blair, is a mining engineer who has been chased out of Africa for "stealing" from the missionaries' Bible Fund in order to pay off the porter of his expedition into the interior of the Gold Coast; he is now down and out in London. Blair's employer, Bishop Hannay, promises to send him back to Africa if he can find John Maypole, the curate who was engaged to his daughter, Charlotte Hannay, when he disappeared three months previously without explanation. Charlotte herself is an ill-tempered young woman who takes an instant dislike to Blair when he tries to investigate her fianc'̌s disappearance. Other characters include assorted townspeople, miners at the Hannay family mine, and Rose Molyneux, a "pit girl" with whom Blair falls in love. Exceeding even the high expectations of Smith's readers, Rose is richly detailed and compelling--his most accomplished and fascinating novel to date.
650		4	_aSmith, Martin Cruz - Prose & Criticism.
650		4	_aFiction.
650		4	_aGeneral.
650		4	_aCoal mines and mining.
650		4	_aMining engineers.
650		4	_aMissing persons.
650		4	_aWomen coal miners.
650		4	_aFiction / General.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679426612/chopaconline-20
856	4	0	_3Amazon customer reviews _uhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0679426612
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