Jim Crace: The Melody: Jim Crace [2018] paperback GRDNG Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell

Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell

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Jim Crace: The Melody: Jim Crace [2018] paperback GRDNG Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shellAlfred Busi, famed and beloved in his town for his music and songs, is now in his sixties, mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days alone in the large villa he has always called home. The night before he is due to attend a ceremony at the town's avenue of fame, Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs as it raids the contents of his larder. Busi is convinced that what assaulted him was no animal, but a child, 'innocent