Pure
By: Andrew Miller
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781609450670
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Social life and customs; Cemeteries; Civil engineers; Fiction
Description: Engineer Jean-Baptiste Baratte is tasked with emptying an overflowing cemetery in Paris in 1785, work he considers noble until he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery parallels his own fate and the demise of social order.
Notes: Originally published: 2011.

"Costa best novel award 2011" -- Cover.