At number 30 the victim of a savage serial killer is found, and Inspector Abberline wonders whether he'll ever find the murderer they're calling Jack. At number 41 a man tries to hide his family in the shadows of a ruined London; 1500 years later, a gangster plays out the same story. At 246 a mammoth dies, and long afterwards, a giant's thighbone is discovered. Bangladeshis, Jews, Huguenots, brewers, soldiers, farmers and medieval monks - men on the run and families determined to make a new home. Each has come to Brick Lane. Each has left its ghosts.
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Product Description:
From prize-winning author Jeremy Gavron, a groundbreaking blend of fiction, history and archaeology uncovering the story of one street: Brick Lane.
Review:
'Daunting and completely extraordinary...excavates...the East End's Brick Lane with such depth and gusto it leaves you breathless' -- Guardian
'Makes one grin with happiness' -- Telegraph
'Masterpiece' -- Spectator
'Vividly beautiful' -- Independent
I thoroughly recommend it - for once a novel actually deserves the accolade 'unique'. -- Tim Lott
London's East End proves a fertile acre for Jeremy Gavron's fascinating third novel -- Daily Telegraph
[an] ambitious, postmodern, partially novelised, social history of Brick Lane... filled with memories of homelands and dreams for the future -- Independent on Sunday
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0743259726
- ISBN 13 9780743259729
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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