Quarantine av Jim Crace

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<p><b>*Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award*<br>*Shortlisted for the Booker Prize*</b><br><br><b>‘Dazzling, gritty brilliance’ </b>– <i>Sunday Times</i><br><b>‘Completely captivating’</b> – <i>Literary Review</i><br><br>Jim Crace's provocative retelling of Jesus' forty day fast in the desert is a classic that tampers with tradition. Moving and fascinating in equal measure, <i>Quarantine</i> is a stunningly realized novel from one of the great writers of our time. <br><br>Under an endless and unforgiving sky, five travellers venture into the Judean wilderness in search of redemption. Instead, amidst the barren rocks, they are met by a dangerous man, Musa, and fall under his dark influence. As the unforgiving days and bitter nights erode their resolve, it becomes clear that one among them will go f