MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01678cam a2200373 a 4500
001 2008009201
003 DLC
005 20090205130013.0
008 080229s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2008009201
020 $a9780385520072 (hc : alk. paper)
020 $a0385520077
035 $a(OCoLC)212893640
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dOCLCG$dUPZ$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dVP@$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---$aa-iq---$an-us---
050 00 $aPR6071.N8$bL36 2009
082 00 $a823/.914$222
100 1 $aUnsworth, Barry,$d1930-
245 10 $aLand of marvels :$ba novel /$cBarry Unsworth.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bNan A. Talese,$cc2009.
300 $a287 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aIn this thriller set in the Middle East of 1914, Somerville, a British archaeologist, and his team are excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace when an American geologist from an oil company posing as an archaeologist arrives one day and insinuates himself into Somerville's group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aArchaeologists$zGreat Britain$vFiction.
650 0 $aBritish$zIraq$vFiction.
650 0 $aGeologists$zUnited States$vFiction.
650 0 $aAmericans$zIraq$vFiction.
650 0 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zIraq$vFiction.
650 0 $aPetroleum$xProspecting$zIraq$vFiction.
650 0 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zMiddle East$xHistory$vFiction.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1910-1936$vFiction.
651 0 $aIraq$xHistory$y20th century$vFiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd