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A review by sharonbakar
Being Dead by Jim Crace
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4.5
An unflinching novel about death told through the story of Joseph and Celice, murdered as they return to Baritone Bay, thirty years as they met there as students. There's a beautifully observed accumulation of details, and even when the descriptions (of how the body decays) are pretty grisly, Crace creates poetry on the page.
The book has been sitting on my t-b-r shelf for years since I bought it cheaply at a second-hand book sale.
An unflinching novel about death told through the story of Joseph and Celice, murdered as they return to Baritone Bay, thirty years as they met there as students. There's a beautifully observed accumulation of details, and even when the descriptions (of how the body decays) are pretty grisly, Crace creates poetry on the page.
The book has been sitting on my t-b-r shelf for years since I bought it cheaply at a second-hand book sale.