An Acre of Barren Ground by Jeremy Gavron

An Acre of Barren Ground by Jeremy Gavron

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From prize-winning author Jeremy Gavron, a groundbreaking blend of fiction, history and archaeology uncovering the story of one street: Brick Lane.

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An Acre of Barren Ground by Jeremy Gavron

At number 30 the victim of a savage serial killer is found, and Inspector Abberline wonders whether he'll ever find the murderer they're calling Jack. At number 41 a man tries to hide his family in the shadows of a ruined London; 1500 years later, a gangster plays out the same story. At 246 a mammoth dies, and long afterwards, a giant's thighbone is discovered. Bangladeshis, Jews, Huguenots, brewers, soldiers, farmers and medieval monks - men on the run and families determined to make a new home. Each has come to Brick Lane. Each has left its ghosts.
Jeremy Gavron worked as a journalist in Africa and India, and spent two years as a writer-in-residence in a prison. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed MOON
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ISBN 13 9780743259729
ISBN 10 0743259726
Title An Acre of Barren Ground
Author Jeremy Gavron
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 2006-03-06
Number of pages 352
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