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A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests.

A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love...

A year unlike any other he has lived.

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.

At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own. (20081020)

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Praise for ONE MORNING LIKE A BIRD

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'A revelatory perspective on an Eastern city in the second world war . . .The prose is as delicate as a Japanese print' --(Sunday Times )
'Not only does he combine delicious literary conceits with thought-provoking explorations into the human condition, he has the rare gift of tossing out perfect sentences that make you stop in your tracks' --(Metro )
'Miller's delicate prose most closely recalls the tone of emotional restraint in Kazuo Ishiguro's early novels . . . deftly coheres into a typically bittersweet resolution.' --(Independent on Sunday )

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The author of the prize-winning, hugely acclaimed INGENIOUS PAIN returns to the 18th century with an enthralling tale set in pre-revolutionary Paris. The 2011 Costa Book of the Year.

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  • PublisherSceptre
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 1444724258
  • ISBN 13 9781444724257
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages352

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