1999 Shortlist
Quarantine
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat they encounter the evil merchant Musa who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles. Here, trapped in the wilderness, their battle for survival begins. Jim Crace is the award-winning author of five novels: Quarantine won the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award and was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Date published
02/04/1998
Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books