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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
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Jack Maggs
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Carey
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0679309187
- ISBN13
- 9780679309185
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Love, Classics, 20th century, Detective Fiction, British Literature, England, 19th century, Great Britain, London, Australia, Satire, Australian Literature, Gangsters
- Original title
- Jack Maggs
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- 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.