Harvest, his latest novel, dramatises one of the great undertold narratives of english history. James crace born 1 march 1946 is an english writer and novelist. Immune to trends, guided by his own singular star, he has sown and grown an 11volume shelf of finely. This collection of essays on jim craces books provides a.
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