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An instance of the fingerpost /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.Description: 691 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1573220825 (alk. paper)
  • 9781573220828 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Instance of the fingerpost.DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 21
LOC classification:
  • PR6066.E167 I57 1998
Other classification:
  • 18.05
  • HN 9990
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
A question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000155229

A question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.

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.

Also issued online.

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