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Author Unsworth, Barry, 1930-2012.

Title Land of marvels : a novel / Barry Unsworth.

Publication Info. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC UNS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION UNSWORTH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F UNSWORTH, B.    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Adult Fiction  UNSWORTH    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC UNSWORTH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 287 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Set in Mesopotamia during the spring of 1914, just before the chaos of WWI, John Somerville, a British archeologist desperate for fame, worries that his new discovery, an ancient tomb, will be compromised by the construction--funded by Germany--of a new railway line. At the excavation site, Somerville's wife, Edith, wonders if her marriage has fizzled, especially after the arrival of Alex Elliott, a handsome American posing as a geologist but secretly searching for new sources of oil. Meanwhile, Jehar, an Arab confidence man, brings often fabricated messages to Somerville, warning him that the Germans are quickly approaching.
Subject Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
British -- Iraq -- Fiction.
Geologists -- United States -- Fiction.
Americans -- Iraq -- Fiction.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Fiction.
Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Iraq -- Fiction.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Middle East -- History -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1936 -- Fiction.
Iraq -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780385520072 alkaline paper
0385520077 alkaline paper
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