MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01536cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2005057782
003 DLC
005 20150113075525.0
008 051230s2006 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2005057782
020 $a1400043875 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781400043873
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm62878416
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dBUR$dDLC
043 $an-mx---
050 00 $aPS3569.M5379759$bR85 2006
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aSmith, Scott,$d1965 July 13-
245 14 $aThe ruins :$ba novel /$cScott Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2006.
300 $a319 p. ;$c25 cm.
520 $aTwo American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them...--From publisher description.
651 0 $aCancún (Mexico)$vFiction.
650 0 $aMayas$vFiction.
655 7 $aSuspense fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005057782-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2005057782-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005057782-s.html