| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
00047438 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0811832015 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us-nm |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMF |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PS3564.I274 |
| Item number |
V65 2001 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Nic |
| Item number |
31 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Nic |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nichols, John |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Voice of the butterfly |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Nichols |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
The voice of the butterfly |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
San Francisco |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Chronicle Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
240 p. |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A dazzling, darkly comic novel by the author of the The Milagro Beanfield War and The Sterile Cuckoo, The Voice of the Butterfly harnesses Nichols' vintage wit to fresh, hilariously scathing effect. Charley McFarland is an aging '60s radical, continuing proponent of losing battles, and resident of Suicide City, an amalgam of CFCs, SUVs, strip mines, and strip malls. When Suicide City's new highway bypass threatens the home of the exquisitely obscure Rocky Mountain Phistic Copper Butterfly, he knows it's time to rally the troops. Charley's dysfunctional Butterfly Coalition includes the ancient, chain smoking Lydia Babcock, who owns the butterflies' turf; Susan Delgado, a ballistic local reporter smitten with Charley; Charley's somewhat-baffling, Gen-X son, Luther; and Charley's estranged wife, Kelly, now homeless and self-destructive, but a weirdly brilliant strategist in the fight against the powers-that-be. Kelly and Charley, in love and at each other's throats, relish the butterfly's cause as their last, best chance at reconciliation. But as the crusade's momentum builds, the chaotic relationships driving it on also threaten to tear it apart. Funny, profane, and touching, Nichols' raucous new novel is a knowing look at ideals held and surrendered, and a wild ride through the lunacies of our postmodern age. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
78521 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Express highways |
| General subdivision |
Design and construction |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Butterflies |
| General subdivision |
Habitat |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Habitat conservation |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Environmentalists |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Middle aged men |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New Mexico |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Southwest Fiction |