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From the incomparable Jim Crace, two-time winner of the Whitbread Prize and shortlist candidate for the Booker, comes his most accessible work to date. Rich in detail, sweeping in scope, The Pesthouse is at once an intimate story of characters whose lives have been uprooted, and a gripping stContinue
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nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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Struggling to survive the future
Jim Crace’s latest novel, The Pesthouse, is set in a future America which, following an unnamed catastrophe, has endured a massive regression. There are no machines any more, no electricity or shops, no books and therefore no knowledge of history. In ... (read full critics)
spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Hardcover 272 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0385662637
- ISBN-13: 9780385662635
- Publisher: Bond Street Books
- Pub date: May 01, 2007
- Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1097 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback and eBook
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780385662635 | Hardcover | $10.55 | -- | The Book Depository |
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