“English politics is so much more concerned with the proprieties than with defending dogmas.”

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About Jim Crace

English novelist, playwright and short story writer

Jim Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Born in Hertfordshire, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999. He has 89 quotes on the site. Crace’s fiction has reached readers far beyond Britain, with his novels translated into 28 languages, including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew. He has also lectured at the University of Texas at Austin, and his work is known through novels, plays and short stories alike.

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Books by Jim Crace

The pesthouse

2008

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The gift of stones

1996

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Arcadia

1992

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All that follows

2010

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Quarantine

1999

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