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They break down the door at the end of December and carry his body away. On a still and frozen day between Christmas and New Year, a man's body is found lying in his ruined flat. Found, and then taken away, examined, investigated and cremated.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and contemplative.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Jon McGregor
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 195
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781408809471
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