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MUSINGS . Selections from library@esplanade
[HBeditor: This article was first published in the High Browse Print issue The (Un)Usual Suspects September - November 2006, focusing on the theme of mystery.]

L.A. Confidential (Dir. by Curtis Hanson, 1997)
Based on the novel by James Ellroy “L.A. Confidential” published in 1990
Call No.: 791.4372 LA -[ART]
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Curtis Hanson’s […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
readasia+ book discussion
Date: 16 Nov 2006
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: library@orchard
Behind The Moon by Hsu-Ming Teo
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2005
Call No.: TEO
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Book description:
“Outsiders and misfits in their Australian school, three friends form a mutual bond: Justin Cheong, an only child and the idol of his […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

The National Library Board will be launching its D.E.A.R promotion once again from 1 Nov 2006 to 31 January 2007.
During the D.E.A.R promotion, we encourage you to Double Up on Your Reading - basic members can borrow up to 8 items and premium members up to 16 […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
Or why keep your old books?
A librarian who stole more than 500 antiquarian books worth £175,000 from Manchester Central library, and then offered several for sale on an internet auction site, was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday.
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What do you think? Know of any interesting book-related news? Want to […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: The (Un)Usual Suspects. book reviews

New York: Nation Books, c2004.
Call No.: English BEI
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Mystery. Conspiracy. Menace – The Usual Suspects of any thrilling mystery piece.
University librarian David Goldberg decides to be compassionate and goes to the rescue of his ex-colleague…Rescue not in the sense of a heroic act, but more of […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: The (Un)Usual Suspects. book reviews

London: Penguin Books, 1950
Call No.: English CHE
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Short, round-faced, pudgy, famous mystery-solver…Hercule Poirot?
On the contrary, the unlikely hero in this string of short mystery stories by prolific English writer, G.K. Chesterton is an unassuming Catholic priest – Father Brown. Despite his kindly appearance and compassionate nature, […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: The (Un)Usual Suspects. book reviews

New York: Bantam Books, 1996.
Call No.: English KIN
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Hailed as one of the top ‘100 Favourite Mysteries of the Century’ by The Independent Booksellers Association, this debut novel of a series by Laurie King introduces a brilliant and impressive young lady to the world – Mary […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: The (Un) Usual Suspects. book reviews

New York: Knopf; Distributed by Random House, 1995.
Call No.: ELL -[TH]
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The 1950s has always been viewed nostalgically, as a golden age of American innocence, before the darkness of Vietnam and Watergate. It is a myth that Ellroy explodes in one of his most ambitious, […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: The (Un)Usual Suspects. book reviews

New York : Vintage Books, 1997, c1996.
Call No.: 813.54 ELL
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A crime memoir, but with a grisly twist, for the victim is none other than the acclaimed author’s own mother, who was found strangled near a school field in 1948. Ellroy, then 10 years old, was […]

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WORD UP: The (Un)Usual Suspects . book issues + commentaries
Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw -
For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity’s not there!
T. S. Eliot, ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’, […]

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