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MARC Record from Library of Congress

Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part39.utf8:100847307:1529
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01529cam a22002897a 4500
001 2011488766
003 DLC
005 20140203112733.0
008 110906s2011 enk 000 f eng d
010 $a 2011488766
015 $aGBB152558$2bnb
015 $aGBB152558$2dnb
020 $a9780224091404 (hbk)
020 $a0224091409 (hbk)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn755126540
040 $aUNITY$beng$cUNITY$dINU$dORU$dDEBBG$dGZM$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
082 04 $a823.92
050 00 $aPR6061.E5952$bB58 2011
100 1 $aKennedy, A. L.
245 14 $aThe blue book /$cby A.L. Kennedy.
260 $aLondon :$bJonathan Cape,$c2011.
300 $a373 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $aElizabeth Barber is crossing the Atlantic by liner with her perfectly adequate boyfriend, Derek, who might be planning to propose. In fleeing the UK - temporarily - Elizabeth may also be in flight from her past and the charismatic Arthur, once her partner in what she came to see as a series of crimes. Together they acted as fake mediums, perfecting the arcane skills practised by effective frauds. Elizabeth finally rejected what once seemed an intoxicating game. Arthur continued his search for the right way to do wrong. The pair still meet occasionally, for weekends of sexual oblivion, but their affection lacerates as much as it consoles. She hadn't, though, expected the other man on the boat...
650 0 $aImpostors and imposture$vFiction.
650 0 $aTruthfulness and falsehood$vFiction.
650 0 $aInterpersonal relations$vFiction.