The Pesthouse - Softcover

Jim Crace

3.51

2,577 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330445634 ISBN 13: 9780330445634

Publisher: Picador, 2008

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‘The Pesthouse finds the author not just on his own best form, but arguably the best form any English writer has shown in the last couple of years’ Spectator

A devastated America exists in an imagined future. Its technologies are forgotten, its communities have splintered and its refugees, reversing the course of history, travel eastwards in search of safety and a new start. Among them are Franklin and Margaret, young, bereft, forced together by circumstance; but finding that love, courage and determination can endure even as a country breaks slowly apart.

‘Evoking the cracked terrain of a depleted America, Crace proves himself a fine stylist, sensitive to the cadence of every sentence’ Financial Times

‘Entirely compelling. The story is a gripping, harrowing adventure tale and Crace’s language is extraordinary . . . The Pesthouse resonates like an unresolved chord’ New Statesman

‘Gripping, exciting and oddly romantic’ Daily Mail

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Review:

'...this grimly futuristic piece...finds Jim Crace at his limpid best...done with conviction'
-- Sunday Telegraph Seven

'Crace's engaging characters and well-imagined world are hugely appealing.' -- Telegraph

`A master storyteller who convinces with a tale of social dystopia which is also a beautifully written love story.'
-- Waterstone's Books Quarterly

`Far more elegantly written than the average dystopian future novel.' -- Observer

`Gripping.' -- Sunday Times

Book Description:

An evocative novel about the transformative power of love.

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