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      An Acre of Barren Ground

      by Jeremy Gavron
      Published
      Jan 2005
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      341
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      At number 30 the victim of a savage serial killer is found, and Inspector Abberline wonders whether he'll ever find the murderer they're calling Jack. At number 41 a man tries to hide his family in the shadows of a ruined London; 1500 years later, a gangster plays out the same story. At 246 a mammoth dies, and long afterwards, a giant's thighbone is discovered. Bangladeshis, Jews, Huguenots, brewers, soldiers, farmers and medieval monks - men on the run and families determined to make a new home. Each has come to Brick Lane. Each has left its ghosts.

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      General Fiction

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      Serial Killers

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      Feb 2006 Scribner ISBN 0743259726
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      First Edition Jan 2005 Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743259718
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