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Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year and a Booker finalist: a controversial novel of faith and mystery about a group of desert travellers and their encounter with Jesus. "Quarantine" is Jim Crace's imaginative and powerful retelling of Christ's fabled 40-day fast in the desert. In... read more
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Miri's husband was shouting in his sleep, not words that she could recognize but simple, blurting fanfares of distress.
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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1997
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- Whitbread Book Award (1997: Novel)
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 1997, Shortlisted)
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Finalist, 1999, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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