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037			_nR. R. R.L. F.
041			_aEnglish
082			_a910.54 _bFRA
100			_aAlexander Frater
245			_aCHASING THE MONSOON
250			_a1
260			_bPenguin Books
260			_c1991/01/01
300			_g273
500			_aOn 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are untied over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey will take him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai- Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea).
590			_aAvailable-Active
590			_cGifted by R. R. R. L. F order No: 15-4/ADMN/CSO-15(10) RC/91-92
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