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Theft: A Love Story

Peter Carey author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:7th Jun '07

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Theft: A Love Story - from the author of Amnesia, Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey's Booker longlisted novel of art, friendship and fraud.

Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his 'damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey's extraordinary flair for language.Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his 'damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey's extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, it is a brilliant and moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption.

"'A funny, gorgeous steal of a book.' Ali Smith"

  • Short-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2007

ISBN: 9780571231508

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 18mm

Weight: 256g

320 pages

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