Chats with the dead (Record no. 5741)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240207134444.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670093298 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.92 |
| Item number | KAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Karunatilaka, Shehan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Chats with the dead |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Random House |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Haryana |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 408 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 699.00 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Who is Malinda Albert Kabalana? How did he die?<br/>Renegade war photographer Maali Almeida has to solve his own murder. Does that sound fun? It would be if there wasn’t so much bloody red-tape to get through. Oh and it’s not as though anyone alive actually seems to miss him, and it certainly doesn’t help that his girlfriend is related to his boyfriend. Worst of all, it’s all those goddamn memories of war, constantly interrupted by the overly chatty dead folks breezing through the afterlife. Besides, he’s so busy solving his ethical dilemmas that there’s barely any time to solve a murder-even if it’s his own.<br/>A compulsively readable dark comedy of life-death and everything in between-Chats with the Dead searingly exposes the plight of a country caught in the aftermath of civil war. Its deliciously compelling absurdity holds you in thrall right from the very first page up to its startling denouement, constantly upending its own premise with its staggering humanity.<br/>Shehan Karunatilaka has delivered a classic whodunit with a brilliant twist. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Murder mystery |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dark comedy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civil war |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Bill No | Bill Date | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Accession Number | Checked out | Date last seen | Date checked out | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | 2023-24/1525 | 26-12-2023 | Indian Institute of Management LRC | Indian Institute of Management LRC | General Stacks | 02/07/2024 | Indica Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. | 485.80 | 2 | 823.92 KAR | 005572 | 02/07/2025 | 01/08/2025 | 01/08/2025 | 1 | 699.00 | 02/07/2024 | Book |