Title: He makes you think.
Product review: Jim Crace's novels are so different from one another that it's hard to believe they're written by the same person. Quarantine, that's ostensibly about Christ's 40 days in the desert, really revolves around the others staying in caves while Christ goes through his forty day fast.The other characters are very interesting: there is a woman who wishes her husband had stayed dead, there is a merchant suffering from a terminal illness, and there are several other unique individuals to interact with these. The novel's central idea involves the self-imposed suffering of people and their reasons for it.This novel will likely upset those with strong views on either side of this issue in terms of religion. The funny part of that, however, is that the novel isn't really about religion per se, it's about the way that people perceive religion. All in all, this is a thought-provoking novel well worth your time.
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