Chorashastra (Record no. 49611)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01482 a2200169 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250308112646.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143467793 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823 JAM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | James, V. J |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Chorashastra |
| Remainder of title | The Subtle Science of Thievery |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Random House |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Haryana |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 166 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Hoping to break out of his coconut-robbing father’s petty legacy and strike it big, a small-time thief breaks into the house of an eccentric professor. A strong believer in the theory that early Indian civilisations were scientifically advanced, the professor spends his days salvaging ancient texts, long forgotten or overlooked by scholars of present times. On the night of the break-in, he is immersed in Chorashastra, a manuscript rendered brittle and yellow by centuries, that holds within its pages mind-boggling tips and tricks for thieves- most incredibly, the ability to open a lock by just looking at it.<br/>He hails the thief's arrival as a sign and decides to test its theories on him. Thus begin the thief's amazing adventures. As vault after vault yields to his subtle gaze, his wantonness and hubris leap to the skies.<br/>Known for his subversive plots and narrative devices that mark a clear departure from contemporary Malayalam storytelling,<br/>V.J. James’s Chorashastra tells a gripping story of untethered ambition and the inevitable chase between crime and justice. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nair, Morley J |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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