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LEADER: 01993cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2006011573
003 DLC
005 20141018075239.0
008 060404s2006 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2006011573
020 $a1400043921
020 $a9781400043927
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm65978626
035 $a(OCoLC)65978626
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050 00 $aPS3555.G292$bK44 2006
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aEgan, Jennifer.
245 14 $aThe keep /$cJennifer Egan.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2006.
300 $a239 p. ;$c25 cm.
520 $aTwo cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank whose devastating consequences changed both their lives, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe, a castle steeped in blood lore and family pride. Built over a secret system of caves and tunnels, the castle and its violent history invoke and subvert all the elements of a gothic past: twins, a pool, an old baroness, a fearsome tower. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. And as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for an unnamed crime, recounts an unforgettable story--a story about two cousins who unite to renovate a castle--that brings the crimes of the past and present into piercing relation.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aCousins$vFiction.
650 0 $aPrisoners$vFiction.
651 0 $aEurope, Eastern$vFiction.
655 7 $aSuspense fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006011573-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006011573-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006011573-s.html