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001    ocn896980882 
003    OCoLC 
005    20150819175456.0 
008    150210s2015    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2015001668 
020    9781616953980|q(hardback) 
020    1616953985|q(hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)896980882 
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050 00 PR9550.9.B35|bS66 2015 
082 00 823/.92|223 
084    FIC042000|aFIC050000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Batacan, F. H.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Smaller and smaller circles /|cF.H. Batacan. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bSoho Crime,|c[2015] 
264  4 |c©2015 
300    357 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    "Portions of this book were previously published in a 
       novella form in the Philippines in 2002 by the University 
       of the Philippines Press" -- Verso title page. 
520    "In northeast Manila's Quezon City is a district called 
       Payatas--a 50-acre dump that is home to thousands of 
       people who live off of what they can scavenge there. It is
       one of the poorest neighborhoods in a city whose law 
       enforcement is already stretched thin, devoid of forensic 
       resources and rife with corruption. So when the 
       eviscerated bodies of teenage boys begin to appear in the 
       dump heaps, there is no one to seek justice on their 
       behalf. In the rainy summer of 1997, two Jesuit priests 
       take the matter of protecting their flock into their own 
       hands. Father Gus Saenz has been a priest for three 
       decades, but he is also a respected forensic 
       anthropologist, one of the few in the Philippines, and has
       been tapped by the Director of the National Bureau of 
       Investigations as a backup for police efforts. Together 
       with his protege, Father Jerome Lucero, a psychologist, 
       Saenz dedicates himself to tracking down the monster 
       preying on these impoverished boys. Cited as the first 
       Filipino crime novel, Smaller and Smaller Circles is a 
       poetic masterpiece of literary noir, a sensitive depiction
       of a time and place, and fascinating story about the 
       Catholic Church and its place in its devotees' lives and 
       communities"--|cProvided by publisher. 
610 20 Catholic Church|vFiction. 
610 27 Catholic Church.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00531720 
650  0 Teenage boys|xCrimes against|vFiction. 
650  0 Serial murder investigation|vFiction. 
650  0 Priests|vFiction. 
650  0 Forensic anthropologists|vFiction. 
650  7 FICTION / Christian / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 FICTION / Crime.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Forensic anthropologists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00931951 
650  7 Priests.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01076268 
650  7 Serial murder investigation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01113109 
650  7 Teenage boys|xCrimes against.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01145379 
651  0 Payatas (Philippines)|vFiction. 
651  0 Quezon City (Philippines)|vFiction. 
651  7 Philippines|zPayatas.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01866510 
651  7 Philippines|zQuezon City.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01217330 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
914    MID.b24322015 
994    02|bWHP