- Fiction, Married people, Murder, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
"Their bodies had expired, but anyone could tell - just look at them - that Joseph and Celice were still devoted. For while his hand was touching her, curved round her shin, the couple seemed to have achieved that peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder.
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Grave, contemplative, character-led and prestige.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jim Crace
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 195
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Viking, Picador
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374110130
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