04027nam a2200397Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500490005810000180010726000400012530000150016530000100018050001610019002000180035165000290036965000420039865000410044065000210048165000380050265300710054094400080061105000220061994300300064194400120067195300110068354600150069495300310070952026370074059100060337733600090338333700150339233800110340794200700341899800100348899900170349895201140351520260803094232.0251212s2015    xx            000 0 und d1 aSmaller and smaller circles /cF H. Batacan.  aBatacan, F.H.  aNew York, NY :bSoho Press,cc2015.  a357 pages:  c19 cm  a"Portions of this book were previously published in a novella form in the Philippines in 2002 by the University of the Philippines Press"--Title page verso.  a9781616958701  aCatholic ChurchvFICTION  aTeenage boysxCrimes againstvFICTION  aSerial murder investigationvFICTION  aPriestsvFICTION  aForensic anthropologistsvFICTION  aPayatas (Philippines)vFiction; Quezon City (Philippines)vFiction  aFIL  a823.92 B32s c2015  b0c0d1e1f0g0h0i0j0  b1c1d0  pSH0485  ain English  cSenior High School Library  a"This harrowing murder mystery, winner of the Philippine National Book Award, follows two Catholic priests on the hunt for a serial killer in the notorious Payatas dump city of northern Manila. In northeast Manila`s Quezon City is a district called Payatas--a 50-acre dump that is home to thousands of people who live off of what they can scavenge there. It is one of the poorest neighborhoods in a city whose law enforcement is already stretched thin, devoid of forensic resources and rife with corruption. So when the eviscerated bodies of teenage boys begin to appear in the dump heaps, there is no one to seek justice on their behalf. In the rainy summer of 1997, two Jesuit priests take the matter of protecting their flock into their own hands. Father Gus Saenz has been a priest for three decades, but he is also a respected forensic anthropologist, one of the few in the Philippines, and has been tapped by the Director of the National Bureau of Investigations as a backup for police efforts. Together with his protege, Father Jerome Lucero, a psychologist, Saenz dedicates himself to tracking down the monster preying on these impoverished boys. Cited as the first Filipino crime novel, Smaller and Smaller Circles is a poetic masterpiece of literary noir, a sensitive depiction of a time and place, and fascinating story about the Catholic Church and its place in its devotees` lives and communities"-- "In northeast Manila`s Quezon City is a district called Payatas--a 50-acre dump that is home to thousands of people who live off of what they can scavenge there. It is one of the poorest neighborhoods in a city whose law enforcement is already stretched thin, devoid of forensic resources and rife with corruption. So when the eviscerated bodies of teenage boys begin to appear in the dump heaps, there is no one to seek justice on their behalf. In the rainy summer of 1997, two Jesuit priests take the matter of protecting their flock into their own hands. Father Gus Saenz has been a priest for three decades, but he is also a respected forensic anthropologist, one of the few in the Philippines, and has been tapped by the Director of the National Bureau of Investigations as a backup for police efforts. Together with his protege, Father Jerome Lucero, a psychologist, Saenz dedicates himself to tracking down the monster preying on these impoverished boys. Cited as the first Filipino crime novel, Smaller and Smaller Circles is a poetic masterpiece of literary noir, a sensitive depiction of a time and place, and fascinating story about the Catholic Church and its place in its devotees` lives and communities"--  a0  atext  aunmediated  avolume  2lcccBKajderpob2021-12-14 16:43:58djderpoe2022-01-19 10:05:31  a11694  c11590d11590  00102ddc4070aBEDbBEDcBEDd2025-12-21oFIC 823.92 B32 c2015pSH0485r2026-06-18 00:00:00w2025-12-21yBK