Jack Maggs
The Booker Prize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda returns to the nineteenth century in an utterly captivating mystery. The year is 1837 and a stranger is prowling London. He is Jack Maggs, an illegal returnee from the prison island of Australia. He has the demeanor of a savage and the skills of a hardened criminal, and he is risking his life on seeking vengeance and reconciliation. Installing himself within the household of the genteel grocer Percy Buckle, Maggs soon attracts the attention of a cross section of London society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. The writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. But M…
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- ISBN: 978-0-679-76037-5
- EAN: 9780679760375
- Produktnummer: 1051249
- Verlag: Vintage
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.9 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
Über den Autor
Born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia, in 1943, Peter Carey lives in New York City with his wife and two sons. He is the author of five previous novels and a collection of stories.
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