Quarantine book by Jim Crace
By Jim CraceQuarantine book by Jim Crace
Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year and a Booker Prize finalist.
Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Musa — madman, sadist, rapist, even a Satan — who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles... Here, trapped in the wilderness, their terrifying battle for survival begins...
Book details
- Hardcover
- 242 pages
- English
- 0374239622
- 9780374239626
About Jim Crace
james "jim" crace is an award-winning english writer. his novel quarantine, won the whitbread novel award and was shortlisted for the m Read More about Jim Crace
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