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FROM: "Joy Tofteland" <[removed]@ankeny.k12.ia.us>
REC'D: 5/22/01, 12:37 PM

My patron, age 24- 25, is looking for a book that was on the bestseller list
in 1997 or 1998. He remembers very few details about the book because he
only read the first chapter. He said it was contemporary fiction that
looked at life from another perspective. The title was a man's name
beginning with an H or a G. He had a paperback edition with a dark
cover--grayish, purplish, black. He was in last night but came back today
because he was told "Joy can find it." Well......um.....Can anybody help
out?

Joy Tofteland
Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
Kikrendall Public Library
Ankeny, IA

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/22/01, 1:10 PM

At 12:32 PM 5/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>My patron, age 24- 25, is looking for a book that was on the bestseller list
>in 1997 or 1998. He remembers very few details about the book because he
>only read the first chapter. He said it was contemporary fiction that
>looked at life from another perspective. The title was a man's name
>beginning with an H or a G. <snip>
>
>Joy Tofteland
>Reference/ Technical Resources Librarian
>Kikrendall Public Library
>Ankeny, IA

Don't know, but weekly NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller Lists from 1996 to date
can be viewed from

http://www.execpc.com/hawes/

so if the "G or H" part can be trusted, you could at least come up with
a short list of possibilities...

(Annual bestseller lists from 1900-1995 can be seen at

http://www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html )


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@nypl.org
REC'D: 5/22/01, 3:21 PM

was it maybe einstein's dreams by alan lightman. it looks at life from the
perspective
of different concepts of time.

michael

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