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The year is 1837 and ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned illegally to London from Australia. Installing himself in the household of a genteel grocer, he attracts the attention of a cross-section of society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. Writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. Maggs, a figure both frightening and mysteriously compelling, is so in thrall to the notion of a gentlemanly class that he's risked his life to come back to his torturers. His task is to shed his false consciousness and understand that his true destiny lies in Australia.
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Jack Maggs, Peter Carey
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1998
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- Título
- Jack Maggs
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Peter Carey
- Editorial
- Random House Canada
- Publicado en
- 1998
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- Páginas
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0679309187
- ISBN13
- 9780679309185
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novela negra & Thriller, Novelas históricas, Aventura, Amor, Clásicos, Siglo XX, Novela negra clásica, Literatura Británica, Inglaterra, Siglo XIX, Gran Bretaña, Londres, Australia, Sátira, Literatura Australiana, Gánsteres
- Título original
- Jack Maggs
- Calificación
- 3,55 de 5
- Descripción
- The year is 1837 and ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned illegally to London from Australia. Installing himself in the household of a genteel grocer, he attracts the attention of a cross-section of society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. Writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. Maggs, a figure both frightening and mysteriously compelling, is so in thrall to the notion of a gentlemanly class that he's risked his life to come back to his torturers. His task is to shed his false consciousness and understand that his true destiny lies in Australia.