Andrew Miller
Saturday 15 JuneThe Scottish Borders Brewery Marquee
7.45PM / £9, £7(C)
In this stunning novel, the words Pure, Dead and Brilliant go together naturally. Set in 1785, Pure is the amazing tale of a Paris cemetery overflowing with bodies and disease and the efforts of one man to demolish it. "His story is so gripping that you will put your life on hold to finish it”"wrote the Times reviewer. Andrew Miller has written a string of stunning novels; Ingenious Pain, Casanova andOxygen have been joined by this Costa Award-winning story.
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