The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

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Franklin has left his home only to find new ties in a pesthouse perched above a valley. Margaret, suffering the early stages of plague, has been carried up from Ferrytown to recuperate or die alone. When her village is destroyed, she and Franklin set out together, compelled to leave everything they love behind them.

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The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

Franklin has left his home only to find new ties in a pesthouse perched above a valley. Margaret, suffering the early stages of plague, has been carried up from Ferrytown to recuperate or die alone. When her village is destroyed, she and Franklin set out together, compelled to leave everything they love behind them.
Jim Crace is the prize-winning author of a dozen books, including Continent (winner of the 1986 Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize), Quarantine (1998 Whitbread Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize), Being Dead (winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award), Harvest (shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize) and The Melody. He lives in Worcestershire.
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ISBN 13 9780330445627
ISBN 10 0330445626
Title The Pesthouse
Author Jim Crace
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2007-03-02
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.