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Jon McGregor: Even the Dogs

On a cold, quiet day between Christmas and the New Year, a man's body is found in an abandoned apartment. His friends look on, but they're dead, too.
ISBN: 9781408809471
Author: Jon McGregor
Page: 195
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2011
Format: Book
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY
Language: English

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Price: 3 125 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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Their bodies found in squats and sheds and alleyways across the city. Victims of a bad batch of heroin, they're in the shadows, a chorus keeping vigil as the hours pass, paying their own particular homage as their friend's body is taken away, examined, investigated, and cremated. All of their stories are laid out piece by broken piece through a series of fractured narratives. We meet Robert, the deceased, the only alcoholic in a sprawling group of junkies; Danny, just back from uncomfortable holidays with family,...

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