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Despite winning the Booker Prize, this is a lesser known book that will appeal to fans of Ian McEwan's Atonement. It's a British retelling of As I Lay Dying, featuring alternating first person narrators. As Jack's friends and family take his ashes from London to be thrown into the sea, each recalls their somewhat tortured relation to the dead man. The emotional insight that Swift packs into this book is absolutely amazing, and he is completely convincing in his portrayal of each of the characters. One of my all-time favorites.
