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LEADER: 01526cam 2200325 a 4500
001 2003055709
003 DLC
005 20041229145744.0
008 030729r20042003nyu j 000 1 eng
010 $a 2003055709
020 $a0385731701 (trade)
020 $a0385902077 (Gibraltar lib. bdg.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aPZ7.A448$bFi 2004
082 00 $a[Fic]$222
100 1 $aAlmond, David,$d1951-
245 14 $aThe fire-eaters /$cDavid Almond.
260 $a[New York] :$bDelacorte Press,$c2004.
300 $a218 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $a"Parts of this novel appeared, in an earlier form, in the magazines Panurge and Stand and in A Kind of Heaven ..." --T.p. verso.
520 $aIn 1962 England, despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
521 $a008+.
650 1 $aConduct of life$vFiction.
650 1 $aHope$vFiction.
650 1 $aCuban Missile Crisis, 1962$vFiction.
651 1 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century$vFiction.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003055709.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random051/2003055709.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0413/2003055709.html