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008			120228s2012 mau 000 1 eng
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100	1		_aKhair, Tabish.
245	1	4	_aThe thing about thugs / _cTabish Khair.
260			_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, _c2012.
300			_a244 p. ; _c22 cm.
520			_a"In a small Bihari village, Captain William T. Meadows finds just the man to further his phrenological research back home: Amir Ali, confessed member of the infamous Thugee cult. With tales of a murderous youth redeemed, Ali gains passage to England, his villainously shaped skull there to be studied. Only Ali knows just how embroidered his story is, so when a killer begins depriving London's underclass of their heads, suspicion naturally falls on the "thug." With help from fellow immigrants led by a shrewd Punjabi woman, Ali journeys deep into a hostile city in an attempt to save himself and end the gruesome murders. Ranging from skull-lined mansions to underground tunnels concealing a ghostly people, The Thing about Thugs is a feat of imagination to rival Wilkie Collins or Michael Chabon. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, this Victorian role reversal is a sly take on the post-colonial novel and marks the arrival of a compelling Indian novelist to North America. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aThugs (Indic criminal group) _vFiction.
650		0	_aIndic fiction (English)
650		7	_aFICTION / Historical. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aLondon (England) _vFiction.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y19th century _vFiction.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century _vFiction.
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