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100 1  Unsworth, Barry,|d1930-2012. 
245 10 Land of marvels :|ba novel /|cBarry Unsworth. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bNan A. Talese/Doubleday,|c2009. 
300    287 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    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. 
650  0 Archaeologists|zGreat Britain|vFiction. 
650  0 British|zIraq|vFiction. 
650  0 Geologists|zUnited States|vFiction. 
650  0 Americans|zIraq|vFiction. 
650  0 Excavations (Archaeology)|zIraq|vFiction. 
650  0 Petroleum|xProspecting|zIraq|vFiction. 
650  0 Petroleum industry and trade|zMiddle East|xHistory
       |vFiction. 
651  0 Great Britain|xForeign relations|y1910-1936|vFiction. 
651  0 Iraq|xHistory|y20th century|vFiction. 
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