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001			ASIN0679426612
003			OSt
005			20110106102635.0
008			110106s1996 xxu eng d
020			_a0679426612 (hardcover) _c$25.00
020			_a9780679426615 (hardcover)
040			_cKIM
050			_aPS 3569 _b.S65 1996
082	0	4	_a813.54
100	1		_aSmith, Martin Cruz. _93305
245	1	0	_aRose / _cMartin Cruz Smith.
250			_a1st trade ed ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bRandom House, _c1996.
300			_a364 p. ; _c24 cm.
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.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679426612/chopaconline-20
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952			_w2011-01-07 _p2010-5398 _r2011-01-13 _40 _00 _bMAIN _10 _oPS 3569 .S65 1996 _d2010-10-10 _8FICTION _70 _cBIO-FIC-MOT _2lcc _yBOOK _aMAIN