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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780571345892 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
823.914 |
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CHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chatterjee, Upamanyu |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
English, August : an Indian story |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Faber & Faber |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1988 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 326 p. |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
399.00 |
| Price type code |
INR |
| Unit of pricing |
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| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes glossary.
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Agastya Sen, known to friends by the English name August, is a child of the Indian elite. His friends go to Yale and Harvard. August himself has just landed a prize government job, which takes him to Madna - a town with the highest temperatures in India - deep in the sticks. There he finds himself surrounded by incompetents and cranks, time wasters, bureaucrats, and crazies. What to do? Get stoned, shirk work, collapse in the heat, stare at the ceiling. Dealing with the locals turns out to be much easier than living with himself. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fiction |
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Young men |
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Civil service |
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City and town life |
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India |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Social life and customs |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |