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The Accidental (Record no. 4663)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780141010397
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.91
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Smith, Ali
9 (RLIN) 373167
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Accidental
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2006
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 305 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The Accidental is Ali Smith's dazzling novel about a family holiday and a stranger who upends it. Arresting and wonderful, The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light. A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate and the power of storytelling. "A beguiling page-turner ...a brilliant creation. To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last". (Independent). "Joyous, a shot across the bows...writing as rapture, as giddy delight". (The Times). "Brilliant and engaging, frequently hilarious...Smith makes one look at the world afresh". (Sunday Telegraph).
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
9 (RLIN) 373168
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Suppress in OPAC 0
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Adult Fiction 18/06/2016 2 823.91 PKLC002730 28/01/2020 18/06/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17   2 04/01/2020
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Adult Fiction 04/05/2016   823.91 PKLC009937 04/05/2016 04/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 For Sale