Quarantine

<p><b>*Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award*<br>*Shortlisted for the Booker Prize*</b><br><br><b>&lsquo;Dazzling, gritty brilliance&rsquo; </b>&ndash; <i>Sunday Times</i><br><b>&lsquo;Completely captivating&rsquo;</b> &ndash; <i>Literary Review</i><br><br>Jim Crace's provocative retelling of Jesus' forty day fast in the desert is a classic that tampers with tradition. Moving and fascinating in equal measure, <i>Quarantine</i> is a stunningly realized novel from one of the great writers of our time. <br><br>Under an endless and unforgiving sky, five travellers venture into the Judean wilderness in search of redemption. Instead, amidst the barren rocks, they are met by a dangerous man, Musa, and fall under his dark influence. As the unforgiving days and bitter nights erode their resolve, it becomes clear that one among them will go f