
The Quarry
Damon Galgut(Author)
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Published on 30. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8021-4161-3 (ISBN)
Description
A thrilling parable of death and deception from the Booker-shortlisted Galgut. On a lonely stretch of road a man picks up a hitchhiker. The driver is a minister on his way to a new rural congregation. The passenger, a fugitive. When the minister realizes this, the fugitive kills him. He assumes his vestments and identity, only to discover that one of his first duties as the new minister is to preside over his victim's funeral. As the fugitive and the local police chief play a tense game of cat and mouse, culminating in a pursuit across the desolate veldt, Damon Galgut gives us a spare, devastating combat for man's most prized attribute: freedom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8021-4161-3 (9780802141613)
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