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020			_a9780099751816
028			_a:Zafaa Books & Distributors _b:313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035 _c:ZBD0136 _d:09/05/2022
082			_a823.914 PEA
100			_aPears, Iain
245			_aAn instance of the Fingerpost _c/ Iain Pears
260			_aNew York _b: Riverhead Books _c 1998.
300			_a698p.
365			_b550
505			_aA question of precedence -- The great trust -- The character of compliance -- An instance of the fingerpost.
520			_aA 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.
650			_aLiterature
650			_aEnglish and Old English literatures
650			_aEnglish fiction
650			_aGreat Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction.
650			_aOxford (England) -- Fiction.
650			_aEngland -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction.
650			_aPhysicians -- England -- Fiction.
700			_aPears, Iain;
700			_aSarotte, Georges Michel,
942			_cBOOK
999			_c59207 _d59207