The thirty nine steps (Record no. 20305)
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| fixed length control field | 01663cam a2200181ua 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8177480413 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.912 |
| Item number | BUC/T |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Buchan, John |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The thirty nine steps |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Kozhikode |
| Name of publisher | Calicut University |
| Year of publication | 2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 160p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When the First World War broke out in 1914, Buchan was ill in bed with a duodenal ulcer, an illness which haunted him all his life. To keep his mind calm while he was out of action, he began to write his first 'shocker', as he called it: a story combining personal and political dramas. This book was The Thirty nine Steps, published in 1915. The author was 39 years of age when he wrote it.<br/>Buchan was the man responsible for the genesis of this archetypal thriller- "innocent man falsely accused, fleeing from both bad guys and police" tale. Hundreds of novels and movies have followed the suit of the The Thirty Nine Steps.<br/>The protagonist, a man of action, bored to death in civilised London, gets excitement started in the form of a stranger at his doorstep with a tale of espionage and danger. He shelters the stranger who unfortunately ends up with a knife in his back soon. Adventure is a foot and the hero stuffs a toothbrush in his pocket and feels to the wilderness of Scotland with the "double antagonists" (bad guys and the police) hot on his trail. It is spiced with remarkable coincidences and long chases. No less than five movies have been made famous being Alfred Hitchcock's The Thirty-Nine Steps.<br/> |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English novel |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Hannay, Richard (Fictitious character) |
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| Topical Term | Intelligence service |
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| Topical Term | Great Britain |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/05/2014 | 18.00 | 823.912 BUC/T | 57421 | BK |