Being Dead
by Crace, Jim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0374110131
- ISBN 13
- 9780374110130
- Seller
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Derwood, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Being Dead is a novel by the English writer Jim Crace, published in 1999. Its principal characters are married zoologists Joseph and Celice and their daughter Syl. The story tells of how Joseph and Celice, on a day trip to the dunes where they met as students, are murdered by an opportunistic thief. Their bodies lie undiscovered for several days, during the course of which their estranged daughter is made aware of their disappearance and, eventually, discovery.
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- Bookseller
- 2Vbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0036523
- Title
- Being Dead
- Author
- Crace, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374110131
- ISBN 13
- 9780374110130
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 196 p. Audience: General/trade.
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