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" The siege of Trencher's farm / "
Gordon Williams.
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BL
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| Record Number
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669643
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b498832
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| Main Entry
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Williams, Gordon M.,1934-
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| Title & Author
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The siege of Trencher's farm /\ Gordon Williams.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Titan Books,, 2011.
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| Page. NO
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225 p. ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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0857681192 (pbk.)
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: 9780857681195 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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"The novel that inspired Straw dogs."
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| Abstract
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American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish writing his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family.
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Americans-- England, Fiction.
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Married people, Fiction.
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Sexual harassment of women, Fiction.
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England, Rural conditions, Fiction.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.914
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| LC Classification
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PR6073.I426S56 2011
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