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020 _a978-971-542-364-9
082 _aFil 899.2103 B31s
100 _aBatacan, F.H.
245 0 _aSmaller and Smaller Circles
260 _aQuezon City
260 _b University of the Philippines Press
260 _c2007
300 _a155 p. ; 21 cm
300 _bIncludes bibliographical references
520 _aRegarded as the first Filipino crime novel, this award-winning literary noir follows two Jesuit priests�a forensic anthropologist and a psychologist�as they investigate a series of gruesome murders in Manila's Payatas district, exposing systemic corruption and social injustice.
650 _aClergy�Philippines�Fiction
650 _aForensic anthropology�Fiction
650 _aPhilippine fiction (English)�Crime fiction
650 _aSerial murder investigation�Philippines�Fiction
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