Pure / Andrew Miller.

By: Publication details: London : Sceptre, 2012.Description: 342 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781444724288 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.I3564 P87 2012
Awards:
  • Costa Novel Award 2011
Summary: 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 engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
List(s) this item appears in: Costa Book Award Winners: Novel
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Originally published: 2011.

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 engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.

Costa Novel Award 2011

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